Picnic Day 2181, 2182 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 2181August 6, 2181 Monday3257236
Picnic Day 2182August 5, 2182 Monday3257600
Picnic Day 2183August 4, 2183 Monday3257964
Picnic Day 2184August 2, 2184 Monday3258328
Picnic Day 2185August 1, 2185 Monday3158692
Picnic Day 2186August 7, 2186 Monday3259063
Picnic Day 2187August 6, 2187 Monday3259427
Picnic Day 2188August 4, 2188 Monday3259791
Picnic Day 2189August 3, 2189 Monday3260155
Picnic Day 2190August 2, 2190 Monday3160519
Picnic Day 2191August 1, 2191 Monday3160883
Picnic Day 2192August 6, 2192 Monday3261254
Picnic Day 2193August 5, 2193 Monday3261618
Picnic Day 2194August 4, 2194 Monday3261982
Picnic Day 2195August 3, 2195 Monday3262346
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