Picnic Day 2071, 2072 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 2071August 3, 2071 Monday3217057
Picnic Day 2072August 1, 2072 Monday3117421
Picnic Day 2073August 7, 2073 Monday3217792
Picnic Day 2074August 6, 2074 Monday3218156
Picnic Day 2075August 5, 2075 Monday3218520
Picnic Day 2076August 3, 2076 Monday3218884
Picnic Day 2077August 2, 2077 Monday3119248
Picnic Day 2078August 1, 2078 Monday3119612
Picnic Day 2079August 7, 2079 Monday3219983
Picnic Day 2080August 5, 2080 Monday3220347
Picnic Day 2081August 4, 2081 Monday3220711
Picnic Day 2082August 3, 2082 Monday3221075
Picnic Day 2083August 2, 2083 Monday3121439
Picnic Day 2084August 7, 2084 Monday3221810
Picnic Day 2085August 6, 2085 Monday3222174
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