Traditions / Holidays
The holiday breaks in Australia work the same as in Denmark, when you have holiday you will still get paid, but if your business is open in the holidays and you need to get a holiday you should have a reasonable business ground.
Some of the holidays is Australia day, labour day, boxing day and the queens birthday. |
Australia dayAustraila Day is the official national day. Also called anniversary day or foundation day.
It is celebrated on the 26th January. Australia Day is to honor the first arrival of the british fleet in 1788, it is also to mark the birth of modern Australia . Where the raise the flag of Great Britain, the australian population often celebrate the Australia day spending time on the beach and watching firework at night. Australia and Great Britain is in common wealth and the nations has a close friendship. Australia share Queen (Elisabeth 2th) and language with Great Britain. |
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Queen´s BirthdayGreat Britain and Australia share monarch. Who is queen Elisabeth 2.
And every year the celebrate her birthday with birthday-songs, parades and congratulations. it is celebrated the 2. monday in june, the queens birthday has been celebrated in Australia since 1788 when the Governor Arthur Phillip declared a holiday to mark the birthday of the king of great britain. Until 1936 they celebrated the birthday on their real birthday date but when George V died it was decided to celebrate it on the 2. monday in june. then they have a little holiday. |
Boxning day is celebrated the 26 december, the day after christmas. in australia christmas is celebrated the 25. december. It has nothing to do with to men with gloves fighting against each other.
it is like we celebrate 2. day of christmas, when we celebrate christmas it is cold. but their temperature is totally the opposite. when they celebrate christmas it is hot outside, and they spend time on the beach and outside. They celebrate is with having fun on the beach and spent time with there families. Its is a public holiday and it is from an old tradition when employers boxed gifts for their workers the day after christmas. |
Boxing Day |
Anzac DayAnzac stands for the Australia and New Zealand army corps, who fought together in world war 1 and 2. it is celebrated to the soldiers "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations."
It is celebrated the 25 April to honor the fallen soldiers. The date 25 April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916 in that year it was marked by a wide different of ceremonies and services in Australia and New Zealand. |