Picnic Day 2136, 2137 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 2136August 6, 2136 Monday3240805
Picnic Day 2137August 5, 2137 Monday3241169
Picnic Day 2138August 4, 2138 Monday3241533
Picnic Day 2139August 3, 2139 Monday3241897
Picnic Day 2140August 1, 2140 Monday3142261
Picnic Day 2141August 7, 2141 Monday3242632
Picnic Day 2142August 6, 2142 Monday3242996
Picnic Day 2143August 5, 2143 Monday3243360
Picnic Day 2144August 3, 2144 Monday3243724
Picnic Day 2145August 2, 2145 Monday3144088
Picnic Day 2146August 1, 2146 Monday3144452
Picnic Day 2147August 7, 2147 Monday3244823
Picnic Day 2148August 5, 2148 Monday3245187
Picnic Day 2149August 4, 2149 Monday3245551
Picnic Day 2150August 3, 2150 Monday3245915
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