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Term, Intake and Orientation Dates

English classes commence every Monday throughout the year^*

* Except public Holidays. Only Melbourne Campus

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Events	Dates
Intake and Orientation Dates	Monday, 29 January
Teaching period	From: 5 February To: 13 April
Term Break	From: 15 April To: 27 April

Events	Dates
Intake and Orientation Dates	Monday, 22 April
Teaching period	From: 29 April To: 6 July
Term Break	From: 8 July To: 20 July

Events	Dates
Intake and Orientation Dates	Monday, 15 July
Teaching period	From: 22 July To: 28 September
Term Break	From: 30 September To: 12 October

Events	Dates
Intake and Orientation Dates	Monday, 7 October
Teaching period	From: 14 October To: 21 December
Term Break	From: 23 December To: 04 February(2025)

Events	Dates
Intake and Orientation Dates	Tuesday, 28 January
Teaching period	From: 3 February To: 12 April
Term Break	From: 14 April To: 26 April

Events	Dates
Intake and Orientation Dates	Tuesday, 22 April
Teaching period	From: 28 April To: 5 July
Term Break	From: 7 July To: 19 July

Events	Dates
Intake and Orientation Dates	Monday, 14 July
Teaching period	From: 21 July To: 27 September
Term Break	From: 29 September To: 11 October

Events	Dates
Intake and Orientation Dates	Monday, 6 October
Teaching period	From: 13 October To: 20 December
Term Break	From: 22 December To: 31 January(2026)

Melbourne
Holiday	2024
New Year's Day	Monday 1 January
Australia Day	Friday 26 January
Labour Day	Monday 11 March
Good Friday¹	Friday 29 March
Saturday before Easter Sunday	Saturday 30 March
Easter Sunday	Sunday 31 March
Easter Monday	Monday 1 April
ANZAC Day¹	Thursday 25 April
King's Birthday	Monday 10 June
Friday before the AFL Grand Final	Friday 27 September²
Melbourne Cup	Tuesday 5 November³
Christmas Day¹	Wednesday 25 December
Boxing Day	Thursday 26 December

ANZAC Day, Good Friday and Christmas Day are restricted trading days.
Friday before AFL Grand Final typically falls on the last Friday in September. The AFL have announced the 2024 Grand Final will take place on Saturday 28 September 2024.
Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday across all of Victoria unless alternate local holiday has been arranged by a non-metro council.

Brisbane
Holiday	2024
New Year's Day	Monday 1 January
Australia Day	Friday 26 January
Good Friday	Friday 29 March
The day after Good Friday	Saturday 30 March
Easter Sunday	Sunday 31 March
Easter Monday	Monday 1 April
Anzac Day	Thursday 25 April
Labour Day	Monday 6 May³
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)¹	Wednesday 14 August
King's Birthday	Monday 7 October³
Christmas Eve⁵ (24 December) 6pm–Midnight	Tuesday 24 December
Christmas Day	Wednesday 25 December
Boxing Day	Thursday 26 December

The Royal National Agricultural (RNA) Show Day (Brisbane only) is held on the Wednesday during the RNA Show period. The RNA Show commences on the first Friday in August, unless the first Friday is prior to 5 August, then it commences on the second Friday of August.
From Christmas Day 2011, the Holidays Act 1983 provides for an extra public holiday to be added when Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day falls on a weekend.
Labour Day public holiday is to be observed on the first Monday in May and the Birthday of the Sovereign (King’s Birthday) public holiday is to be observed on the first Monday in October. These arrangements have been in place since 2016 following amendments to the Holidays Act 1983 (passed by Parliament on 13 October 2015).
Easter Sunday is appointed as a public holiday. These arrangements have been in place since 2017 following amendments to the Holidays Act 1983 (passed by Parliament on 1 December 2016).
From 2019, the Holidays Act 1983 provides for a part-day public holiday from 6pm to midnight on Christmas Eve (24 December).