| Summer holiday (end) - Wednesday February 5, 2020 School holidays :
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| Regatta Day (Hobart) - Monday February 10, 2020 Secular holiday : All that part of Tasmania south of and including Oatlands and
Swansea excluding Bronte Park, Catagunya, Strathgordon,
Tarraleah, Wayatinah and the West Coast
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| Launceston Cup Day - Wednesday February 26, 2020 Secular holiday : All Day - Municipal areas of Break O Day, Dorset, George Town, Glamorgan-Spring Bay (north of and including Cranbrook), Launceston excluding Launceston City centre and some suburbs, Meander Valley excluding suburbs and some townships, Northern Midlands, Southern Midlands north of but not including Oatlands, West Tamar excluding some townships. From 11 am for – Launceston City centre and the following suburbs and townships: Alanvale,
Blackstone Heights, East Launceston, Elphin, Franklin Village, Glen Dhu, Inveresk, Invermay, Killafaddy, Kings Meadows, Mayfield, Mowbray, Mowbray Heights, Newnham, Newstead, North Riverside, Norwood, Prospect, Prospect Vale, Punchbowl, Ravenswood, Riverside, Rocherlea, St Leonards, Sandhill, South Launceston, Summerhill, Trevallyn, Vermont, Waverley, West Launceston, West Riverside, Youngtown.
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| Regional holiday - Tuesday March 3, 2020 Secular holiday : King Island Show in King Island only
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| Eight Hour Day - Monday March 9, 2020 Secular holiday : 1856 April 21: Stonemasons working at the University of Melbourne marched to Parliament House to press their claims for an eight hour working day. Agreement with employers for a 48 hour week was reached.
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 29, 2020 Special Events :
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday April 5, 2020 Special Events : Used to be last Sunday of March until 2007.
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Thursday April 9, 2020 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 10, 2020 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 13, 2020 Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
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| Easter Tuesday - Tuesday April 14, 2020 Secular holiday :
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| Anzac Day - Saturday April 25, 2020 Secular holiday : ANZAC(Australia and New Zealand Army Corps)Day commemorates those soldiers who died during world
wars (from the Boer war to the Vietnam war), and particuarly remembers those who died during the Gallipoli campaign during WW1(Turkey).
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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Monday April 27, 2020 School holidays :
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| AGFEST - Friday May 8, 2020 Secular holiday : Municipal area of Circular Head
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