2017_11—Change to the 2018 Public Holiday Schedule

4 October 2017

Change to the 2018 Public Holiday Schedule

The Jervis Bay Territory observes the same calendar as the ACT. As a result of an alteration to the ACT’s public holiday schedule, Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander focussed public holiday will be observed in the JBT next year.

Reconciliation Day will be held each year on the first Monday on or after the 1967 Referendum anniversary date—the start of National Reconciliation Week. Reconciliation Day in May will replace the current Family and Community Day with effect from 2018.

The updated ACT Public Holiday Schedule is as follows:

Note: This update contains information as correct at 26 September 2017

Chris Baseler
Operations Manager
Jervis Bay Territory Administration
Department of Infrastructure & Regional Development