Picnic Day 2051, 2052 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 2051August 7, 2051 Monday329522
Picnic Day 2052August 5, 2052 Monday329886
Picnic Day 2053August 4, 2053 Monday3210250
Picnic Day 2054August 3, 2054 Monday3210614
Picnic Day 2055August 2, 2055 Monday3110978
Picnic Day 2056August 7, 2056 Monday3211349
Picnic Day 2057August 6, 2057 Monday3211713
Picnic Day 2058August 5, 2058 Monday3212077
Picnic Day 2059August 4, 2059 Monday3212441
Picnic Day 2060August 2, 2060 Monday3212805
Picnic Day 2061August 1, 2061 Monday3113169
Picnic Day 2062August 7, 2062 Monday3213540
Picnic Day 2063August 6, 2063 Monday3213904
Picnic Day 2064August 4, 2064 Monday3214268
Picnic Day 2065August 3, 2065 Monday3214632
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