Picnic Day 2173, 2174 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 2173August 2, 2173 Monday3154311
Picnic Day 2174August 1, 2174 Monday3154675
Picnic Day 2175August 7, 2175 Monday3255046
Picnic Day 2176August 5, 2176 Monday3255410
Picnic Day 2177August 4, 2177 Monday3255774
Picnic Day 2178August 3, 2178 Monday3256138
Picnic Day 2179August 2, 2179 Monday3156502
Picnic Day 2180August 7, 2180 Monday3256873
Picnic Day 2181August 6, 2181 Monday3257237
Picnic Day 2182August 5, 2182 Monday3257601
Picnic Day 2183August 4, 2183 Monday3257965
Picnic Day 2184August 2, 2184 Monday3258329
Picnic Day 2185August 1, 2185 Monday3158693
Picnic Day 2186August 7, 2186 Monday3259064
Picnic Day 2187August 6, 2187 Monday3259428
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