Picnic Day (Australian holiday)
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| File:Australia Day Picnic 1908.jpg
Australians having a picnic in 1908.
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| Observed by | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Date | First Monday in August |
| 2023 date | August 7 |
| 2024 date | August 5 |
| 2025 date | August 4 |
| 2026 date | August 3 |
| 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.
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