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Saturday, June 11, 2005

Queen's Birthday Holiday Australia - Office closed this Monday

HM Queen Elizabeth II - Happy Birthday!

I was just reminded that our office will be closed this Monday due to the Queen's Birthday Holiday which is celebrated in Australia. After a bit of Googling, I've rediscovered that the Queen's birthday is in fact on April 21st and not this coming June 13th!

According to Wikipedia.com, the Queen's birthday is celebrated at this time because there are not enough winter holidays! It also states that the occasion is used to signify the start of the skiing season and to honour newest members of the "Queen's Birthday honours list", of which new members are inducted into the Order of Australia.

Whether it's the exact date or not, we wish Her Majesty a happy 79th birthday!

2 Comments:

At Tuesday, 14 June, 2005, Anonymous said…

The queen's birthday holiday is held in June because it is better weather in the UK in June, rather than April. Remember, April is the end of winter / mid Spring - and the Summer weather of June is thought to be more reliable.

No other reason behind it. Australia just follows the UK on this holiday.
At Tuesday, 14 June, 2005, Me said…

Hi just to set the record strait the queens age birthday is the 21 April as stated but this holiday is in recognition of her crenation being crowned Queen and has nothing to do with the winter holidays