Sydney holidays, Holidays in Sydney

Sydney Holidays include certain festivals and a couple of National Holidays of Australia. The number of national holidays in Sydney as well as in entire Australia is comparatively lesser than in other countries.

Australia follows no state religion but as most of the Australian residents are Christians, the major Christian festivals are declared holidays.

List of Holidays in Sydney

New Year's Day: January 1st Australia Day: January 26th Good Friday Easter Holidays Anzac Day: April: 25th Queen's Birthday: June 11th Labor Day: October 2nd Christmas Day: December 25th Boxing Day: December 26th

On these days all government offices and most of the private firms in Australia remain closed.

Anzac is the day, which looks back to the participation of Australian and New Zealand army corps in the First World War. On the 25th of April, they landed in Gallipoli to participate in the battle of Gallipoli.

The Australia Day, celebrated throughout Australia, is the day, when the first fleet of Europeans under the leadership of James Cook landed in Sydney Cove Bay. This National Day is celebrated by honoring eminent and successful Australians. Also, the Australian National anthem is sung on this day.

It is to be noted that though the Sydney holidays include the Boxing Day and the Queen's Birthday, these days are not observed as holidays in all parts of Australia.