Picnic Day 2158, 2159 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 2158August 7, 2158 Monday3248838
Picnic Day 2159August 6, 2159 Monday3249202
Picnic Day 2160August 4, 2160 Monday3249566
Picnic Day 2161August 3, 2161 Monday3249930
Picnic Day 2162August 2, 2162 Monday3150294
Picnic Day 2163August 1, 2163 Monday3150658
Picnic Day 2164August 6, 2164 Monday3251029
Picnic Day 2165August 5, 2165 Monday3251393
Picnic Day 2166August 4, 2166 Monday3251757
Picnic Day 2167August 3, 2167 Monday3252121
Picnic Day 2168August 1, 2168 Monday3152485
Picnic Day 2169August 7, 2169 Monday3252856
Picnic Day 2170August 6, 2170 Monday3253220
Picnic Day 2171August 5, 2171 Monday3253584
Picnic Day 2172August 3, 2172 Monday3253948
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