Violet Town has a long history
Violet Town is a small community where the past is still evident. Major Mitchell and his party stopped on the banks of what is now called Honeysuckle Creek on his back to Sydney.
Photographs of Violet Town in the early years and some that are more recent, are being collected as digital copies for all to enjoy, reminisce or to research. Copies of these images reduced in size for display on this website have been created and now available here.
Old Violet Town photographs. Click an image.
You may know something about one or more of the photographs that you would like to share; it could be the date, the scene, the names of people in a photograph, what was happening or the occasion. You may have some interesting photographs hidden away in the 'shoe box' that you would like to share. If you have, please contact the Editor on (03) 5798 1858.
The School Sites History Group unveiled the former school sites plaques 27 May 2007.
About two years later, on 28 April 2009, the group reformed as the Violet Town History Group with the aim of recording the history of Violet Town. Particularly the history after that provided by Don Chambers in his excellent book 'Honeysuckle in Australia Felix' that takes us to about 1908.
Click on these links to view the:
- Violet Town Centennial. [not yet available]
- Historical Photos: Violet Town Set 1. Violet Town Set 2. Violet Town Set 3. Violet Town Set 4. Violet Town Set 5. [An image could be up to 150 kb]
Some of the many books featuring Violet Town and the surrounding district include: Honeysuckle in Australia Felix; Petition to Partition: The History of the Shire of Violet Town; Veterans.