| Summer holiday (end) - Monday February 1, 2021 School holidays :
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| Perth International Arts Festival - Friday February 12, 2021 Culture : Http://perthfestival.com.au/ lasts 3 weeks - in Perth 2020 edition confirmed
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| Labour Day - Monday March 1, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Easter holiday (beginning) - Thursday April 1, 2021 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 2, 2021 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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| Holy Saturday - Saturday April 3, 2021 Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
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| Easter - Sunday April 4, 2021 Catholic or protestant : paid holiday as of 2019
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 5, 2021 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 holiday (end) - Monday April 19, 2021 School holidays :
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| Anzac Day - Sunday April 25, 2021 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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| Anzac Day - Monday April 26, 2021 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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