Whitsunday
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Whitsunday may be:

Days:
  • The Sunday of the feast of Whitsun
    Whitsun
    Whitsun is the name used in the UK for the Christian festival of Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples...

     or Pentecost
    Pentecost
    Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...

     in the Christian liturgical year, observed 7 weeks after Easter
  • One of the Scottish quarter days
    Quarter days
    In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxes....

    , always falling on 15 May


Places:
  • The Electoral district of Whitsunday
    Electoral district of Whitsunday
    The district of Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Australia.It encompasses the Whitsunday Islands as well as mainland centres from Bowen to the northern suburbs of Mackay, Queensland, including the tourist resort of Airlie Beach and the sugar...

  • Whitsunday Island
    Whitsunday Island
    Whitsunday Island is the largest island in the Whitsunday group of islands located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia. Whitsunday Island is located at...

    , the largest of the Whitsunday Islands
  • The Whitsunday Islands
    Whitsunday Islands
    The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial...

    , Queensland, Australia
  • The Whitsunday Regional Council
    Whitsunday Regional Council
    The Whitsunday Region is a Local Government Area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local government in Queensland in 1879.It has an estimated operating...

     (including former Shire of Whitsunday
    Shire of Whitsunday
    The Shire of Whitsunday was a Local Government Area located in the North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Proserpine, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Bowen...

    )
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