Term Dates

TERM 1 2023

January

1 Jan: New Year’s Day
23 Jan: Term 1 begins for commencing Developing and Practising Artists
26 Jan: Survival Day
30 Jan: Term 1 begins for returning Developing and Practising Artists

February

13 Feb: National Apology Day anniversary
25 Feb: Sydney Mardi Gras Parade

March

16 Mar: National Closing Gap Day
21 Mar: Harmony Day
22 – 29  Mar: Onsite Cultural Residency

April

6 Apr: End of Term 1
7 – 23 Apr: Holiday break
7 Apr: Good Friday
9 Apr: Easter Sunday
10 Apr: Easter Monday

TERM 2 2023

April

24 Apr: Term 2 begins
25 Apr: Anzac Day

May

15 – 31 May: Artist in Residency
26 May: National Sorry Day
27 May: National Referendum/Reconciliation Week Anniversary 1967

June

1-9 Jun: Artist in Residency continued
3 Jun: Mabo Day
12 Jun: King’s Birthday
27 Jun: Graduation Class of 2022
28-31 Jun: Midterm break

July

1 Jul: The Coming of the Light
3 Jul: Term 2 resumes
4-11 Jul: NAIDOC Week: For Our Elders
17-22 Jul: Midyear performance
22 Jul: Term 2 finishes
23-25 Jul: Holiday Break

TERM 3 2023

July (cont.)

26 Jul: Term 3 begins

August

4 Aug: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
9 Aug: International Day of World Indigenous Peoples
17 – 25 Aug:  Remote Cultural Residency
28 – 31 Aug: Midterm break

September

1-3 Sep: Midterm break
4 Sep: Term 3 resumes
7 Sep: Indigenous Literacy Day
13 Sep: Anniversary of UN Declaration Rights of Indigenous Peoples
22 Sep: Term 3 finishes
23 -30 Sep:  Holiday break

October

1-8 Oct: Holiday break continues
2 Oct: Labor Day
3-6 Oct: NAISDA auditions

TERM 4 2023

October (cont.)

9 Oct: Term 4 begins

November

20-24 Nov: NAISDA auditions

December

4 – 8 Dec: End of Year celebration
22 Dec: Term 4 finishes
23 Dec: Holiday break begins
24 Dec: Christmas Eve
25 Dec: Christmas Day
26 Dec: Boxing Day