Picnic Day 2117, 2118 and onwards

Pinic Day Northern Territory : First Monday in August

 Picnic Day is a local public holiday in the Northern Territory in Australia. The holiday is observed annually on the first Monday in August.

 

The origin of the Northern Territory Picnic Day is not completely clear. According to one source on Picnic Day the freeing of approximately 3000 Chinese Coolie workers is commemorated. The Chinese Coolies (they were actually slaves) provided the cheap labour for the construction of the North Australian Railway, a track that connected the cities of Darwin and Larrimah. After completion in 1889 the workers were given the right to stay in Australia as free citizens and received sufficient money for a passage by steamboat to Hong Kong. However the Chinese went to the Adelaide River for a picnic instead.

                                                                                                                         

Another source relates Picnic Day as well with the North Australian Railway. It mentions that the day was originally installed for the hard working rail workers to enjoy a picnic on the Adelaide River.

 

A last source states that Picnic Day has originated from a race meeting in 1947. The event was such a success that it became an annual tradition now known as the Harts Range annual races. An application was presented to the Northern Territory administration for a public holiday coinciding with the future dates of the Harts Range races. The administration agreed to it and baptized the day as the Northern Territory Picnic Day.

 

Nowadays Picnic Day in the Northern Territory above all, is a long weekend to relax or enjoy a short trip. However both the railway picnic and the Hart Range races remain popular activities during Picnic Day and the weekend before Picnic Day.

 

HolidayDateWeek numberDays to go
Picnic Day 2117August 2, 2117 Monday3133862
Picnic Day 2118August 1, 2118 Monday3134226
Picnic Day 2119August 7, 2119 Monday3234597
Picnic Day 2120August 5, 2120 Monday3234961
Picnic Day 2121August 4, 2121 Monday3235325
Picnic Day 2122August 3, 2122 Monday3235689
Picnic Day 2123August 2, 2123 Monday3136053
Picnic Day 2124August 7, 2124 Monday3236424
Picnic Day 2125August 6, 2125 Monday3236788
Picnic Day 2126August 5, 2126 Monday3237152
Picnic Day 2127August 4, 2127 Monday3237516
Picnic Day 2128August 2, 2128 Monday3237880
Picnic Day 2129August 1, 2129 Monday3138244
Picnic Day 2130August 7, 2130 Monday3238615
Picnic Day 2131August 6, 2131 Monday3238979
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