Holidays, Festivals & Events Calendar

Being one main territory of Australia, Northern Territory observes its own public holidays in addition to the National ones. Every year, the citizens of Northern Territory celebrates 11 public holidays .

Northern Territory recognizes a substitute holiday whenever a certain public holiday falls on Saturday or Sunday. During these public holidays, most workers are given time off with a regular payment.

There is no provision which requires employers to pay an additional payment for the workers working on public holidays. Yet, the employers may receive penalty rate of payment for working on public holidays based on the contracts of employments agreed before.

The list of Northern Territory 2013 public holidays calendar is available below. However, the calendar provided is only an estimate. The accuracy of the information on the calendar cannot be guaranteed.

List of 2013 Public Holidays in Northern Territory
New Year’s Day
The beginning of the year according to Gregorian (Western) calendar
Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Australia Day
Celebrates the arrival of the First Fleet from England to Australia
^Monday, 28 January 2013
(Australia Day 2013 falls on Saturday, thus, Monday is considered as substitute holiday)

Good Friday
Commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
Friday, 29 March 2013

Easter Saturday
The day after Good Friday
Saturday, 30 March 2013

Easter Monday
The day after Easter Sunday
Monday, 1 April 2013

Anzac Day
Commemorates the citizens who have served Australia during wars
Thursday, 25 April 2013

May Day
Celebrates the achievement of all workers in Northern Territory
Monday, 6 May 2013

Queen’s Birthday
Celebrates the birthday of British Monarch
Monday, 10 June 2013

Picnic Day
An extra day of rest for workers in Northern Territory
Monday, 5 August 2013

Christmas Day
Celebrates the birthday of Jesus Christ
Wednesday, 25 December 2013

Boxing Day
The day after Christmas
Thursday, 26 December 2013

Happy Northern Territory Holiday 2013!