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New South Wales Public Holidays 2026

Sources and last-checked date

Source
NSW Government — Public holidays
Last checked
19 September 2026
Effective period
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Data file
Record nsw-2026 in our public holiday dataset. Every date below is read from that record at build time.

What we still need to confirm: Verified against the NSW Government public holidays page on 19 Sep 2026. Previous record was missing Bank Holiday (3 Aug) and Labour Day (5 Oct).

New South Wales public holidays in 2026

14 entries recorded in our data file for New South Wales in 2026. Read the verification note above before relying on any of them.

DateDayHolidayApplies to
1 January 2026 Thursday New Year's Day Statewide
26 January 2026 Monday Australia Day Statewide
3 April 2026 Friday Good Friday Statewide
4 April 2026 Saturday Easter Saturday Statewide
5 April 2026 Sunday Easter Sunday Statewide
6 April 2026 Monday Easter Monday Statewide
25 April 2026 Saturday Anzac Day Statewide
27 April 2026 Monday Additional Day (Anzac Day) Statewide
8 June 2026 Monday King's Birthday Statewide
3 August 2026 Monday Bank Holiday restricted
5 October 2026 Monday Labour Day Statewide
25 December 2026 Friday Christmas Day Statewide
26 December 2026 Saturday Boxing Day Statewide
28 December 2026 Monday Additional Day (Boxing Day) Statewide

Disputed and unconfirmed entries

Our sources do not agree on the 5 entries below, so they are not in the table above. We are showing the disagreement rather than picking a winner, because picking one without checking the gazette would be a guess dressed up as an answer.

3 August 2026 — Bank Holiday

This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the NSW Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.

Recorded in: australian-public-holidays-2026.html

Missing from: holiday-calendar.html

Tracking reference C-NSW-01

5 April 2026 — Easter Sunday

This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the NSW Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.

Recorded in: holiday-calendar.html; cooling-off-period-calculator.html

Missing from: australian-public-holidays-2026.html; business-days-calculator.html

Tracking reference C-NAT-01

27 April 2026 — ANZAC Day Substitute

This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the NSW Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.

Recorded in: holiday-calendar.html

Missing from: australian-public-holidays-2026.html; business-days-calculator.html; cooling-off-period-calculator.html

Tracking reference C-NAT-02

28 December 2026 — Boxing Day Substitute

This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the NSW Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.

Recorded in: holiday-calendar.html; business-days-calculator.html; cooling-off-period-calculator.html

Missing from: australian-public-holidays-2026.html

Tracking reference C-NAT-04

8 June 2026 — NAMING CONFLICT: 'King's Birthday' vs 'Queen's Birthday'

This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the NSW Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.

Recorded in: holiday-calendar.html (King's); australian-public-holidays-2026.html (Queen's)

Tracking reference C-NAT-05

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