About australiaschoolholiday.com

Who we are

Australia School Holidays is the place to go on the internet if you want correct and current details regarding school break times in all parts of Australia.

We realise that it is really vital for families, parents, school staff, and pupils to make arrangements in advance. If you are sorting out family breaks, getting travel sorted, arranging childcare, or organising activities, being aware of the precise Australian school holiday dates helps with easier planning. That is the reason we are committed to giving, in a single location, straightforward, dependable, and individual state school holiday details.

australiaschoolholiday.com is a free, independently run website dedicated to providing accurate and up-to-date school holiday dates for every state and territory in Australia. We cover New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory — all in one place.

We are not affiliated with any government department or school authority. Our team researches and verifies dates directly from each state's Department of Education website so that families, teachers, and students can rely on the information we publish.

What we offer

At Australia School Holidays, we provide school term and holiday dates for every Australian state — New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory — along with public holiday details relating to each school break.

The dates are shown in tables that are easy to read and well-arranged. Our aim is to make planning Australian school holidays straightforward, available to all, and something you can depend on. We put a lot of effort into being correct and presenting things in a way that anyone can use quickly and without any hassle.

• ✓Term 1, 2, 3 and 4 start and end dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028
• ✓Autumn, winter, spring and summer holiday periods
• ✓ First day of school and last day of school dates
• ✓ State-specific public holidays that affect the school calendar
• ✓ Bilingual support — dates available in English and Chinese

Why we built this site

Australia has eight separate school systems, each setting its own term dates independently. A parent in Brisbane and a grandparent in Melbourne can have entirely different school holiday schedules — sometimes weeks apart. We built this site because there was no single, clean, easy-to-read resource that brought all eight states together in one place.

Whether you are booking flights, arranging childcare, planning a family reunion, or simply trying to figure out when the kids are next off school, australiaschoolholiday.com gives you the answer in seconds — no PDFs to download, no government portals to navigate.

Accuracy and updates

School holiday dates in Australia are generally confirmed by each state's Department of Education six to twelve months in advance. We update our calendar as soon as official dates are published. If you spot an error or a date that has changed, please use our contact page to let us know and we will correct it promptly.

We always recommend cross-checking important dates with your child's specific school, as some independent and Catholic schools may observe slightly different term dates from the government schedule.