Picnic Day 2149, 2150 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 2149August 4, 2149 Monday3245549
Picnic Day 2150August 3, 2150 Monday3245913
Picnic Day 2151August 2, 2151 Monday3146277
Picnic Day 2152August 7, 2152 Monday3246648
Picnic Day 2153August 6, 2153 Monday3247012
Picnic Day 2154August 5, 2154 Monday3247376
Picnic Day 2155August 4, 2155 Monday3247740
Picnic Day 2156August 2, 2156 Monday3248104
Picnic Day 2157August 1, 2157 Monday3148468
Picnic Day 2158August 7, 2158 Monday3248839
Picnic Day 2159August 6, 2159 Monday3249203
Picnic Day 2160August 4, 2160 Monday3249567
Picnic Day 2161August 3, 2161 Monday3249931
Picnic Day 2162August 2, 2162 Monday3150295
Picnic Day 2163August 1, 2163 Monday3150659
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