September 2025
Australian Sports Commission is determined to have more Australians participating and excelling in sport, from grass-roots right up to the pinnacle of elite competition.
September 2024
Day | Category | Observance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
4-5 | CALD | Onam | It is an Indian harvest festival celebrated by the Malayalee community. |
5 | CALD | Mawlid Al-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet Muhammad) | |
6 | CALD | Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival | It is the second grandest festival for East and South-East Asian communities after the Lunar New Year. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, where the moon is believed to be at its fullest and brightest. The full moon symbolises reunion so families reunite for celebrations to worship and appreciate the moon together, and share mooncakes to celebrate. |
10 | ALL | World Suicide Prevention Day | |
11 | CALD | Enkutatash (Ethiopian New Year) | New Year in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
11 | CALD | Nayrouz (Coptic New Year) | It is a feast when martyrs and confessors are commemorated within the Coptic Orthodox Church. It marks the first day of the Coptic year. |
11 | ALL | R U OK Day | |
22-24 | CALD | Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) | |
22-28 28 | Disability | National Week of Deaf People / World Deaf Day | National Week of Deaf People - Deaf Australia, opens in a new tab |
22 Sept- 2 Oct | CALD | Navaratri | The Significance of Navratri | SBS Hindi, opens in a new tab |
23 | LGBTQ+ | Celebrate Bisexuality Day / Bisexual Awareness Week | |
23 | Disability | International Day of Sign Languages | https://www.un.org/en/observances/sign-languages-day, opens in a new tab |
27-29 | CALD | Durga Puja | It is an annual and the most important religious festival of Bangla speaking Hindus that is dedicated to Hindu goddess Durga. It is celebrated through recitation of the verses from holy scriptures, blowing of conch shells, and beating of drums in temples. It is also an occasion for reunion and rejuvenation, and a celebration of traditional culture and custom. |