August
1-7 World Breastfeeding Week [WHO]
3 Tisha B’Av | Judaism
4 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day (NATSICD)
4-10 National Homelessness Week
6 Anniversary – Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
9 Anniversary – Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
13 Florence Nightingale’s Feast Day
15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Christianity
16 Krishna Janmashtami | Hinduism
21 International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
22 International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]
25 Australian South Sea Islanders National Recognition Day
27 Ganesh Chaturthi | Hinduism
29 International Day against Nuclear Tests
30 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
September
1 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation