This article is about a holiday in the Northern Territory of Australia. For the similarly named holiday in the British Virgin Islands, see Territory Day (British Virgin Islands).
Territory Day
Fireworks going off to celebrate Territory Day 2008 in The Gardens, Northern Territory
Also called
"Cracker Night" (for night celebrations)
Observed by
Residents of the Northern Territory
Type
Patriotic
Celebrations
Widespread use of fireworks without permit requirements
Date
1 July
Frequency
Annual
First time
1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Territory Day is a holiday widely celebrated in the Northern Territory of Australia on 1 July that commemorates the territory achieving self-government in 1978.[1][2] The holiday has been famously commemorated with fireworks since the early 1980s. Popularly known as Cracker Night, Territorians are provided five hours to legally blow up fireworks without needing a permit or special training, the only instance of its kind in Australia.[3]
^"History of Self Government". Territory Day (Government of the Northern Territory). 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
^Zhuang, Yan (2023-07-02). "Fireworks for All, One Day Only, in Australia's Last Frontier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
^Perera, Alicia (2022-06-30). "'Final frontier': The last place in Australia you can buy and blow up explosives, for one day". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
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