Days of Interest 2023


Special Days and Weeks of Interest for 2023:

Date in 2023 Special day of interest
1/01/2023 New Year's Day
4/01/2023 World Braille Day 
22/01/2023 Chinese New Year 
24/01/2023 International Day of Education
26/01/2023 Australia Day
4/02/2023 World Cancer Day 
7/02/2023 Safer Internet Day 
14/02/2023 Valentine's day 
17/02/2023 Random Acts of Kindness Day 
20/02/2023 World Day of Social Justice
21/02/2023 International Mother Language Day 
21/02/2023 Pancake Day 
22/02/2023 Ash Wednesday
3/03/2023 World Wildlife Day 
3/03/2023 World Hearing Day 
3/03/2023 Employee Appreciation Day 
5/03/2023 Clean Up Australia Day
8/03/2023 International Women's Day 
16/03/2023 National Close The Gap Day
17/03/2023 St Patrick's Day 
17/03/2023 National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence 
20/03/2023 International Day of Happiness 
20/03/2023 French Language Day 
21/03/2023 World Down Syndrome Day 
21/03/2023 World Poetry Day 
21/03/2023 Harmony Day 
21/03/2023 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 
22/03/2023 World Water Day 
22/03/2023 Ramadan Starts
25/03/2023 Earth Hour  
26/03/2023 Epilepsy (Purple Day) 
1/04/2023 April Fools Day
2/04/2023 World Autism Awareness Day
2/04/2023 Daylight Saving Time Ends
5/04/2023 Passover
7/04/2023 World Health Day 
7/04/2023 Good Friday
9/04/2023 Easter Sunday
12/04/2023 International Day of Human Space Flight
14/04/2023 Orthodox Good Friday
16/04/2023 Orthodox Easter
20/04/2023 Chinese Language Day 
21/04/2023 World Creativity and Innovation Day 
21/04/2023 Eid
22/04/2023 Earth Day 
23/04/2023 World Book & Copyright Day
23/04/2023 Spanish Language Day
23/04/2023 English Language Day 
24 - 30/04/2023 International World Immunisation Week 
25/04/2023 ANZAC Day
1/05/2023 May Day
2/05/2023 World Asthma Day 
4/05/2023 Star Wars Day 
4/05/2023 International Fire Fighters Day 
8/05/2023 World Red Cross Day
14/05/2023 Mothers Day 
15 - 21/05/2023 National Families Week
15 - 21/05/2023 National Families Week
15/05/2023 International Day of Families 
16/05/2023 International Day of the Boy
19/05/2023 National Walk Safely to School Day
20/05/2023 World Bee Day
21/05/2023 International Tea Day
24/05/2023 National Simultaneous Storytime 
25/05/2023 Australia's Biggest Morning Tea 
26/05/2023 National Sorry Day 
27/05 - 3/06/2023 National Reconciliation Week
1/06/2023 Global Day of Parents
3/06/2023 World Bicycle Day
5/06/2023 World Environment Day 
8/06/2023 World Oceans Day 
12/06/2023 World Day against Child Labour
14/06/2023 World Blood Donor Day
18 - 24/06/2023 National Refugee Week
19 - 23/6/2023 Early Childhood Education and Care Week
20/06/2023 World Refugee Day
21/06/2023 International Day of Yoga
21/06/2023 Winter Solstice/International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice
24/06/2023 International Fairy Day 
30/06/2023 International Asteroid Day
4/07/2023 USA Independence Day
7/07/2023 World Chocolate Day 
8 - 15/07/2023 National Diabetes Week
14/07/2023 Bastille Day
21/07/2023 National Pyjama Day
28/07/2023 Schools Tree Day
30/07/2023 International Day of Friendship 
1/08/2023 Horses Birthday (Southern Hemisphere)
4/08/2023 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Childrens Day
4/08/2023 Jeans for Genes Day 
6/08/2023 National Tree Day 
7 - 13/08/2023 Dental Health Week
9/08/2023 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
11/08/2023 Red Nose Day
12-20/08/2023 National Science Week
12/08/2023 International Youth Day 
13/08/2023 International Left Handers Day
14 - 20/08/2023 Keep Australia Beautiful Week
19/08/2023 World Humanitarian Day
19 - 25/08/2023 Book Week
25/08/2023 Daffodil Day
26/08/2023 World Dog Day
1 - 7/09/2023 National Asthma Awareness Week
1/09/2023 National Wattle Day 
2 - 9/07/2022 NAIDOC Week 
3/09/2023 Australian National Flag Day
3/09/2023 Fathers Day 
3 -9/09/2023 National Child Protection Week
5/09/2023 International Day of Charity
6/09/2023 Early Childhood Educators Day
8/09/2023 International Literacy Day 
14/09/2023 R U OK? Day
15 - 17/09/2023 Rosh Hoshana
16/09/2023 International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16/09/2023 International Eat an Apple Day 
17/09/2023 Australian Citizenship Day 
19/09/2023 Talk Like a Pirate Day 
21/09/2023 International Day of Peace 
23/09/2023 International Day of Sign Languages 
24-25/09/2023 Yom Kippur
1/10/2023 International Day of Older Persons
1/10/2023 International Coffee Day
1/10/2023 Daylight Savings Time Starts
4 - 10/10/2023 International Space Week 
5/10/2023 World Teachers Day 
6/10/2023 World Cerebral Palsy Day 
6/10/2023 World Smile Day
10/10/2023 World Mental Health Day
11/10/2023 International Day of the Girl
16/10/2023 World Food Day 
16/10/2023 Restart a Heart Day
21 - 28/10/2023 National Children's Week 
24/10/2023 United Nations Day
27/10/2023 Day for Daniel 
29/10/2023 National Grandparents Day 
31/10/2023 Halloween 
6 - 12/11/23 National Recycling Week 
7/11/2023 Melbourne Cup 
11/11/2023 Remembrance Day 
12/11/2023 Diwali 
13/11/2023 World Kindness Day
14/11/2023 World Diabetes Day 
19/11/2023 International Men's Day 
20/11/2023 World Childrens Day 
24/11/2023 White Ribbon Day 
3/12/2023 International Day of Persons with Disabilities 
7 - 15/12/2023 Hanukkah
10/12/2023 Human Rights Day 
18/12/2023 Arabic Language Day 
22/12/2023 Summer Solstice 
24/12/2023 Christmas Eve 
25/12/2023 Christmas Day
26/12/2023 Boxing Day
31/12/2023 New Year's Eve 




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