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I don't know if this is super reliable, Australia has labour day celebrations but they're all over the place
Only the October 7 ones don't (I think) have anything to do with labour day, the March dates are about the eight hour working day, for why NT and Qld don't fall on 1 May...
"Yeah nah mate we support the US workers but fuck me dead it's been five years already, I just want a long bloody weekend"
certified australian public holiday moment
give us another monday PH before melbourne cup day you cowards
This is a running theme in Australia. Most public holidays (aside from xmas and new years IIRC) were arranged to fall on the closest Monday, regardless of the actual date. It's only changed relatively recently.
It's pretty much the same pattern in the UK for public holidays.
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Sounds about right lmao
Agree. I looked through the list and it's odd with what qualifies as what