Picnic Day 2105, 2106 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 2105August 3, 2105 Monday3229246
Picnic Day 2106August 2, 2106 Monday3129610
Picnic Day 2107August 1, 2107 Monday3129974
Picnic Day 2108August 6, 2108 Monday3230345
Picnic Day 2109August 5, 2109 Monday3230709
Picnic Day 2110August 4, 2110 Monday3231073
Picnic Day 2111August 3, 2111 Monday3231437
Picnic Day 2112August 1, 2112 Monday3131801
Picnic Day 2113August 7, 2113 Monday3232172
Picnic Day 2114August 6, 2114 Monday3232536
Picnic Day 2115August 5, 2115 Monday3232900
Picnic Day 2116August 3, 2116 Monday3233264
Picnic Day 2117August 2, 2117 Monday3133628
Picnic Day 2118August 1, 2118 Monday3133992
Picnic Day 2119August 7, 2119 Monday3234363
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