Picnic Day 2053, 2054 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 2053August 4, 2053 Monday3210479
Picnic Day 2054August 3, 2054 Monday3210843
Picnic Day 2055August 2, 2055 Monday3111207
Picnic Day 2056August 7, 2056 Monday3211578
Picnic Day 2057August 6, 2057 Monday3211942
Picnic Day 2058August 5, 2058 Monday3212306
Picnic Day 2059August 4, 2059 Monday3212670
Picnic Day 2060August 2, 2060 Monday3213034
Picnic Day 2061August 1, 2061 Monday3113398
Picnic Day 2062August 7, 2062 Monday3213769
Picnic Day 2063August 6, 2063 Monday3214133
Picnic Day 2064August 4, 2064 Monday3214497
Picnic Day 2065August 3, 2065 Monday3214861
Picnic Day 2066August 2, 2066 Monday3115225
Picnic Day 2067August 1, 2067 Monday3115589
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