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2016 - International Year of Pulses

MONTH of JANUARY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

31 1 New Year’s Day

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24 25 26 Australia Day

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© Department of the Environment Aerial view of the Abrolhos Islands - Easter Group

MONTH of FEBRUARY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 World Wetlands Day

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Aerial shot of wetland Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory

MONTH of MARCH 2016 Australasian Bat Night March to April

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Business Clean Up Day

2 3 World Wildlife Day

4 Schools Clean Up Day

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6 - National Groundwater Awareness Week (6 to 12 March) - Clean Up Australia Day

7 8 International Women’s Day

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13 14 15 16 17 National Close the Gap Day

18 19 Earth Hour

20 21 - International Day of Forests - Harmony Day

22 World Water Day

23 World Meteorological Day

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Aerial view of Hardy Reef in the Great Barrier Reef

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MONTH of APRIL 2016 Australasian Bat Night March to April


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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Australian Heritage Week (16 to 24 April)

17 18 World Heritage Day

19 20 21 22 - Earth Day - Int’l Mother Earth Day

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25 ANZAC Day

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The Main Penitentiary Building at the Port Arthur Historic Site (Part of the World Heritage Listed Australian Convict Sites)

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MONTH of MAY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Int’l Composting Awareness Week (1 to 7 May)

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8 9 National Volunteer Week (9 to 15 May)

10 OzWater’16 (10 to 12 May)

11 12 13 14 World Migratory Bird Day

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 World Fish Migration Day

22 Int’l Day for Biological Diversity

23 World Turtle Day

24 25 26 National Sorry Day

27 National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June)

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Birdlife alongside yellow Water lagoon in Kakadu National Park (World Heritage Listed Site)

MONTH of JUNE 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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5 World Environment Day

6 7 8 World Oceans Day

9 Coral Triangle Day

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12 13 14 15 16 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

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26 Red Nose Day

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© North Beach from Kims Lookout, Lord Howe Island Group (World Heritage Listed Site)

MONTH of JULY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

31 National Tree Day

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3 NAIDOC Week (3 to 12 July)

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10 11 World Population Day

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24 25 26 27 28 29 Schools Tree Day

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Birdlife alongside yellow Water Lagoon in Kakadu National Park (World Heritage Listed Site)

MONTH of AUGUST 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 Jeans for Genes Day

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7 8 9 Int’l Day for World Indigenous Peoples

10 11 12 Int’l Youth Day

13 Science Week (13 to 21 August)

14 15 16 17 18 19 World Humanitarian Day

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21 22 Keep Australia Beautiful Week (22 to 28 August)

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Lily pads on the creek at the Indigenous workers camp site near Truscott Air Field on the Anjo Peninsula Department of the Environment

MONTH of SEPTEMBER 2016 National Biodiversity Month, Great Northern Clean Up Month


National Wattle Day

2 3 Sea Week (3 to 11 September)

4 5 National Landcare Week (5 to 11 September)

6 7 National Threatened Species Day

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11 - Sustainable House Day - National Bilby Day - BMDO

12 13 14 15 16 Int’l Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

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18 19 20 21 22 - World Car-Free Day - World Maritime Day

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© Wattle growing at Lake Clifton in the Peel Yalgorup System Ramsar site

MONTH of OCTOBER 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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2 3 World Habitat Day

4 - World Animal Day - World Space Week (4 to 10 October)

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9 10 11 12 Ride 2 Work Day

13 Int’l Day for Disaster Reduction

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16 17 Bird Week and Aussie Backyard Bird Count (17 to 23 October)

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23 24 United Nations Day

25 26 27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

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Kangaroos at the Mambray Creek Camping Reserve in Mount Remarkable National Park the Environment

MONTH of NOVEMBER 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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6 7 National Recycling Week (7 to 13 November)

8 9 10 11 National Walk to Work Day

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13 14 15 16 International GIS Day

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20 Pollinator Week (20 to 27 November)

21 World Fisheries Day

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Fish of the Great Barrier Reef

MONTH of DECEMBER 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 Int’l Day of People with Disability

4 5 Int’l Volunteer Day

6 7 8 9 10 Human Rights Day

11 Int’l Mountain Day

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View from the start of the Grand Canyon Walking Trail in the Blue Mountains (World Heritage Listed Site)

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