Picnic Day 2042, 2043 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 2042August 4, 2042 Monday326430
Picnic Day 2043August 3, 2043 Monday326794
Picnic Day 2044August 1, 2044 Monday317158
Picnic Day 2045August 7, 2045 Monday327529
Picnic Day 2046August 6, 2046 Monday327893
Picnic Day 2047August 5, 2047 Monday328257
Picnic Day 2048August 3, 2048 Monday328621
Picnic Day 2049August 2, 2049 Monday318985
Picnic Day 2050August 1, 2050 Monday319349
Picnic Day 2051August 7, 2051 Monday329720
Picnic Day 2052August 5, 2052 Monday3210084
Picnic Day 2053August 4, 2053 Monday3210448
Picnic Day 2054August 3, 2054 Monday3210812
Picnic Day 2055August 2, 2055 Monday3111176
Picnic Day 2056August 7, 2056 Monday3211547
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