Picnic Day (Australia holiday)
For the University of California, Davis event, see Picnic Day (UC Davis).
| Picnic Day | |
|---|---|
 Australians having a picnic in 1908. | |
| Observed by | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Date | First Monday in August |
| 2014 date | August 4 |
| 2015 date | August 3 |
| 2016 date | August 1 |
| 2017 date | August 7 |
| Frequency | annual |
Picnic Day is a public holiday in the Northern Territory of Australia which takes place every year on the first Monday of August.[1] It was originally declared a public holiday to commemorate the freeing of the Chinese Coolie indentured labourers who built the Darwin to Larrimah North Australia Railway. In a reversal of the existing policy the Chinese workers were given the right to stay in Australia as free settlers, and provided sufficient money for a steamer fare to Hong Kong. Instead they chose to go to Adelaide River for a picnic.
- ↑ "Norther Territory of Australia Public Holidays Act" (PDF). http://ww.nt.gov.au''. Northern Territory Government. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2015.