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Adelaide Cup Day

Government of South Australia / SafeWork SA under the Public Holidays Act 2023

Date / ruleSouth Australia public-holiday calendar: 9 March 2026; 8 March 2027; 13 March 2028
ScopeSouth Australian public holiday
VerificationGovernment Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-05
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Adelaide Cup Day?

Government of South Australia / SafeWork SA under the Public Holidays Act 2023

Date and recurrence

South Australia public-holiday calendar: 9 March 2026; 8 March 2027; 13 March 2028

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is South Australian public holiday. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Celebrations & Social →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. SafeWork SA — Public holidaysState Government Public Holiday Calendar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Adelaide Cup Day?

South Australia public-holiday calendar: 9 March 2026; 8 March 2027; 13 March 2028 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: South Australia public-holiday calendar: 9 March 2026; 8 March 2027; 13 March 2028.

Does Adelaide Cup Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Adelaide Cup Day an official public holiday?

Within the verified scope, the authority record identifies it as South Australian public holiday. That status is not automatically extended to other countries or jurisdictions.

Who established or recognizes Adelaide Cup Day?

The stored designation basis is: Government of South Australia / SafeWork SA under the Public Holidays Act 2023. Supporting provenance includes SafeWork SA — Public holidays. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Adelaide Cup Day international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: South Australian public holiday. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-05.

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