Children’s Day in Australia is marked in two main ways: a national Indigenous- focused day on 4 August each year, and a broader World Children’s Day on 20 November.

Key dates in Australia

  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day is held every year on 4 August and has been celebrated annually since 1988.
  • World Children’s Day (observed in Australia as part of the UN event) is held on 20 November each year.

So if you are in Australia and hear people talk about “Children’s Day,” they are usually referring either to the 4 August National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day or the 20 November World Children’s Day.

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