Picnic Day 2078, 2079 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 2078August 1, 2078 Monday3119360
Picnic Day 2079August 7, 2079 Monday3219731
Picnic Day 2080August 5, 2080 Monday3220095
Picnic Day 2081August 4, 2081 Monday3220459
Picnic Day 2082August 3, 2082 Monday3220823
Picnic Day 2083August 2, 2083 Monday3121187
Picnic Day 2084August 7, 2084 Monday3221558
Picnic Day 2085August 6, 2085 Monday3221922
Picnic Day 2086August 5, 2086 Monday3222286
Picnic Day 2087August 4, 2087 Monday3222650
Picnic Day 2088August 2, 2088 Monday3223014
Picnic Day 2089August 1, 2089 Monday3123378
Picnic Day 2090August 7, 2090 Monday3223749
Picnic Day 2091August 6, 2091 Monday3224113
Picnic Day 2092August 4, 2092 Monday3224477
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