Is 17 July a public holiday?
No Saturday 17 July 2027 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Katherine Show Day on Fri 16 Jul (parts of NT), and Darwin Show Day on Fri 23 Jul (parts of NT).
Public holidays are set state by state, so the same date can be a day off in one state and a normal Monday in the next. Here is what 17 July looks like in every published year.
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Thursday 17 July 2025 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
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Friday 17 July 2026 Regional only
- Cairns Annual Show regionalCairns only
- Katherine Show Day regionalKatherine only
A Friday, so it makes a three-day weekend in QLD and NT (in the areas that observe it). The long weekend planner shows what a few days of leave either side would add.
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Saturday 17 July 2027 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
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Monday 17 July 2028 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
The holidays that fall on 17 July
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Cairns Show
The Cairns Annual Show holiday falls in mid July and applies in the Cairns Regional Council area.
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Katherine Show Day
Katherine's show holiday is the third Friday in July, the week before Darwin's. It applies in the Katherine region only, and like the Territory's other show days it is written into the NT Public Holidays Act rather than proclaimed each year.
More about Katherine Show Day
July in the public holiday calendar
July has no statewide public holiday anywhere in Australia. The only dates that count are the Northern Territory's regional show days, one Friday each for Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine and Darwin, and a handful of Queensland council show holidays in the north of that state. For everyone else, every July date is a working day, and the month is the longest holiday-free stretch of the year for most workers. The July school holidays are the usual reason to spend annual leave in it.
How public holidays are decided, and what you are owed17 July FAQ
Is 17 July a public holiday in 2025?
Thursday 17 July 2025 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Tennant Creek Show Day on Fri 11 Jul (parts of NT), and Cairns Annual Show / Katherine Show Day on Fri 18 Jul (parts of QLD and NT).
Is 17 July a public holiday in 2026?
Friday 17 July 2026 is Cairns Annual Show in parts of QLD (Cairns only) and Katherine Show Day in parts of NT (Katherine only). It is a normal working day everywhere else.
Is 17 July a public holiday in 2027?
Saturday 17 July 2027 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Katherine Show Day on Fri 16 Jul (parts of NT), and Darwin Show Day on Fri 23 Jul (parts of NT).
Is 17 July a public holiday in 2028?
Monday 17 July 2028 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Tennant Creek Show Day on Fri 14 Jul (parts of NT), and Katherine Show Day on Fri 21 Jul (parts of NT).
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