Remembrance Day

At 11.00AM of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of each year, a minute’s silence is observed in Australia and some other Commonwealth countries to commemorate the 1918 silence on the Western Front after more than four years of continuous warfare in World...

World Children’s Day

Established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day, the now-named World Children’s Day is to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide, and to improve children’s welfare. The date marks the adoption of both the 1959...

International Day of Cooperatives

Founded in 1895, the International Cooperative Alliance is one of the oldest and largest (with 1.2 billion cooperative members) non-government organisation globally. It works to create the legislative environments that allow cooperatives to form and grow. Cooperatives...