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Public holidays in Victoria

Public holiday 2008 2009 2010
New Year's Day Tue 1st January Thu 1st January Fri 1st January
Australia Day Mon 28th January
(in lieu of Sat 26th Jan)		 Mon 26th January Tue 26th January
Labour Day Mon 10th March Mon 9th March Mon 8th March
Good Friday Fri 21st March Fri 10th April Fri 2nd April
Easter Saturday Sat 22nd March Sat 11th April Sat 3rd April
Easter Monday Mon 24th March Mon 13th April Mon 5th April
ANZAC Day * Fri 25th April Sat 25th April * Sun 25th April *
Queen's Birthday Mon 9th June Mon 8th June Mon 14th June
Melbourne Cup Tue 4th November Tue 3rd November Tue 2nd November
Christmas Day Thu 25th December Fri 25th December Sat 25th December
Boxing Day Fri 26th December Sat 26th December Mon 27th December
(in lieu of Sun 26th Dec)
* no day in lieu when this event falls on a weekend
Note: some regional areas of Victoria have additional non-metropolitan public holidays
Dates sourced from Victoria Online

School holidays in Victoria

School holidays 2008 2009 2010
Summer break 22 Dec 2007
to
28 Jan 2008		 20 Dec 2008
to
27 Jan 2009		 19 Dec 2009
to
26 Jan 2010
Autumn break 21 Mar 2008
to
6 Apr 2008		 4 Apr 2009
to
19 Apr 2009		 27 Mar 2010
to
11 Apr 2010
Winter break 28 Jun 2008
to
13 Jul 2008		 27 Jun 2009
to
12 Jul 2009		 26 Jun 2010
to
11 Jul 2010
Spring break 20 Sep 2008
to
5 Oct 2008		 19 Sep 2009
to
4 Oct 2009		 18 Sep 2010
to
3 Oct 2010
Dates provided by Victoria Online.
Note that some private or independent schools may observe different holiday dates.

Daylight saving time

All of Victoria operates on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) which is 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

From the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April of the following year, Victoria operates on daylight saving time (DST), which is one hour ahead of AEST. New South Wales, ACT, South Australia and Tasmania follow Victoria's daylight saving period exactly. Western Australia operates daylight saving during a shorter period, while Queensland and the Northern Territory do not observe it at all.

The period of daylight saving has varied considerably within Australia during the past. See the history of daylight saving time for details from 1916 to the present.

Sunday 28th October 2007 Daylight saving starts Advance clocks by one hour at 2am
Sunday 6th April 2008 Daylight saving ends Rewind clocks by one hour at 3am
Sunday 5th October 2008 Daylight saving starts Advance clocks by one hour at 2am
Sunday 5th April 2009 Daylight saving ends Rewind clocks by one hour at 3am

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