Picnic Day (Australia holiday)

Picnic Day (Australia holiday)

Picnic Day is a public holiday in the Northern Territoryof Australia which takes place every year on the first Monday of August. It was originally declared a public holiday to enable Darwin's railway workers to go to Adelaide River for a picnic.


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