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.
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.
Click on these links to view the:
- Violet Town Centennial. [not yet available]
- Historical Photos: Violet Town Set 1. Violet Town Set 2.[An image could be up to 150 kb]
VT School Sites History Group
The VT School Sites History Group actively gathered information from former pupils of the small schools that originally dotted the farming area around Violet Town.
This photograph of the Koonda School records the pupils and teacher in 1903. Click image
The group includes Robin Landvogt, Barb Ramage, Val Russell, Doris Mullavey, David Lamont, Jennifer Currie, Terry Martin, Doug Gibbs, Syd Sloan, with many others co-opted to help with the research and collation of photographs and documents. The aim of the project was to place a commemorative plaque at each site and to prepare an history of the schools in a book.
The schools researched include Upotipotpon South, Tamleugh, Koonda and Earlston (it was located on three separate sites). more ...
The Violet Town Community House ran a series of workshops in partnership with the Community Capacity Building Initiative, the Honeysuckle Recreation and Environmental Precinct (HREP) and the Environmental Group (Envtag) called Life on Honeysuckle.
In the workshop series participants studied the Flora and Fauna of the Honeysuckle Creek, the traditional water course and also what the creek was historically, as well as Early European and Indigenous settlement of the region.
The Community House is also working on a living history project. This project will collate the stories of the community and individuals. Real stories of real people and of the memories which make our community unique.
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.
For details/interview call the Editor on (03) 5798 1858