Queensland public holiday dates for 2019

Holiday	Date in 2019
New Year's Day	Tuesday 1 January
Australia Day	Monday 28 January1
Good Friday	Friday 19 April
The day after Good Friday	Saturday 20 April
Easter Sunday	Sunday 21 April2
Easter Monday	Monday 22 April
Anzac Day	Thursday 25 April
Labour Day	Monday 6 May3
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)4 Other show holidays	Wednesday 14 August4
Queen’s Birthday	Monday 7 October3
Christmas Eve (24 December) 6pm – midnight	Tuesday 24 December5
Christmas Day	Wednesday 25 December
Boxing Day	Thursday 26 December

1. Australia Day public holiday – if 26 January is a Saturday or Sunday, the public holiday is to be observed on the following Monday
2. 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).
3. Labour Day public holiday is to be observed on the first Monday in May and the Birthday of the Sovereign (Queen’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).
4. 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.
5. From 2019, the Holidays Act 1983 provides for a part-day public holiday from 6pm to midnight on Christmas Eve (24 December).

Note: The Holidays Act 1983 permits the Minister to substitute another day for any public holiday.