--- title: Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/ publisher: Department of Government Services licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-08-18 rows: 2894 fields: 7 source: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/a8bc540d-181b-4fb5-8110-5fe52a04f6a7/resource/caaa47de-8626-46a6-aa28-3d948c15c5d9/download/important-dates-august-2026.csv source_sha256: 31dc69d7458190d4bcdb2e0c4504b721857b3c382c51423f3d81d0c2c2fcda44 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates Public holidays, school terms and holidays, daylight saving changes, parliamentary sitting days and multifaith calendar dates for Victoria, one row per date, from 2018 to 2030. Published by Department of Government Services under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Government Services has not endorsed this site. Also called: Victoria public holidays list, Victorian school term dates, Victorian Government Important Dates API, Parliament of Victoria sitting dates. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.csv (464 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.xlsx (124 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.json (716 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.parquet (45 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.sqlite (492 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.ndjson (712 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.arrow (76 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.csv.gz (52 KB) Pinned version 2026-08-18: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-important-dates/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-important-dates/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-important-dates/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-important-dates/aggregate?group=date_type&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `date_type`: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/by/date_type/index.json lists 6 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `date_id` | string | arun | The publisher's identifier for the event. A multi-day event repeats it on each of its rows. | | `date_type` | string | dateType | PUBLIC_HOLIDAY, SCHOOL_TERM, SCHOOL_HOLIDAY, DAYLIGHT_SAVING, PARLIAMENT_SITTING or MULTI_FAITH. | | `name` | string | name | | | `date` | date | important_date | | | `source_body` | string | publisher | The body the date comes from, as the publisher names it. | | `description` | string | description | | | `source_url` | string | source | | ## Versions - 2026-08-18: 2894 rows, 7 fields, sha256 31dc69d74581. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia, 2021 to 2025](https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/) (Cth) - [Public holidays, New South Wales, 2019 to 2023](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-public-holidays/) (NSW) - [Automatic mutual recognition register, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/) (ACT) - [Professional engineers register, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-engineers-register/) (ACT) - [Public barbecues, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-barbecues/) (ACT) - [Public barbecues in the Adelaide Park Lands and city](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-adelaide-city-barbecues/) (Local) - [Unclaimed money register, Queensland Public Trustee](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-unclaimed-money/) (Qld) - [Social housing maintenance and modification spending, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-maintenance/) (Qld) - [Park barbecue locations, Brisbane](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-brisbane-park-barbecues/) (Qld) - [Public library branch statistics, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-library-branch-statistics/) (Qld) - [Public libraries directory, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-libraries-directory/) (Qld) - [Public library statistics by council, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-library-council-statistics/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Department of Government Services, Victorian Government, Victorian Government Important Dates API data, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/government-dates-api-data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of Government Services, Victorian Government, Victorian Government Important Dates API data, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/government-dates-api-data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/ Harvard: Department of Government Services (2026) Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates, version 2026-08-18 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/ Markdown: Data: [Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/government-dates-api-data), Department of Government Services, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 2,894 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates cover? The current version covers 2018 to 2025. Each release from Government Services becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates updated? Government Services releases it monthly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates? No. The publisher is Department of Government Services, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/government-dates-api-data. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one date type? Every version has one JSON file per value of date_type, 6 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/by/date_type/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/v/2026-08-18/by/date_type/multi-faith.json holds the 2,247 rows where date_type is MULTI_FAITH. ### What does each row hold? One date and what falls on it, with its kind, its name, the body the date comes from and a link to that body's page. The kinds are public holidays, school terms and school holidays, daylight saving, Parliament of Victoria sitting days and the Faith Communities Council of Victoria's multifaith calendar. ### Why does one event appear on several rows? An event that lasts more than a day, such as Lent or a school holiday, has a row for each day the publisher lists, and those rows share one identifier. The file also repeats some rows exactly, and they are kept as published. ### How far ahead does it go? The file runs from October 2018 to December 2030, but each kind is only as complete as its source. Public holidays are listed for the years Business Victoria has declared them, and a school term row may note the years its source publishes. The school holiday rows name no source body, and the publisher describes them as the days between the terms. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-important-dates.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-important-dates.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.