School Holidays in Australia

Each of 6 states and 2 territories in Australia has the right to make their own decision about the regional school calender. There are 4 main holidays during a school year. These are 2 weeks at Easter time, 2 weeks in winter, 2 weeks in spring and around 6 weeks starting in the middle of December until the end of January, covering Christmas and New Year's Eve.

The school holidays for 2007-2008 education year, according to each state in Australia, are shown in the table below:

ACT	:	Australian Capital Territory
NSW	:	New South Wales
VIC	:	Victoria
SA	:	South Australia
WA	:	Western Australia
TAS	:	Tasmania
QLD	:	Queensland
NT	:	Northern Territory

	Easter	Winter	Spring	Summer
ACT	14 April - 29 April	7 July - 22 July	29 Sep - 14 Oct	22 Dec - 1 Feb (2008)
NSW	6 April - 22 April	30 June - 15 July	29 Sep - 14 Oct	22 Dec - 29 Jan (2008)
VIC	31 March - 15 April	30 June - 15 July	22 Sep - 7 Oct	22 Dec - 31 Jan (2008)
SA	14 April - 29 April	7 July - 22 July	29 Sep - 14 Oct	15 Dec - 29 Jan (2008)
WA	5 April - 22 April	7 July - 23 July	29 Sep - 15 Oct	14 Dec - 4 Feb (2008)
TAS	6 April - 13 April	2 June - 17 June	8 Sep - 23 Sep	21 Dec - 14 Feb (2008)
QLD	6 April - 16 April	23 June - 9 July	22 Sep - 7 Oct	15 Dec - 29 Jan (2008)
NT	6 April - 15 April	23 June - 22 July	29 Sep - 7 Oct	15 Dec - 30 Jan (2008)