Violet Town

Violet Town
Victoria
Cowslip Street
Violet Town is located in Shire of Strathbogie
Violet Town
Violet Town
Coordinates36°38′0″S 145°44′0″E / 36.63333°S 145.73333°E / -36.63333; 145.73333
Population936 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3669
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Euroa
Federal division(s)

Violet Town is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, 174 kilometres (108 mi) northeast of the state capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway. At the 2021 census, Violet Town had a population of 936.[1]

The town is on Honeysuckle Creek and has many early streets named after flowers, e.g. Lily Street, Rose Street, Orchid Street, Tulip Street, and Iris Lane.[2]

Violet Town and District is bounded by Arcadia-Tamleugh Road, Clancy Road, Honeysuckle Creek, Fishers Lane, Bridge Road, Camerons Road, Croxfords Road, Dookie-Violet Town Road and the Broken River in the north, Benalla Rural City, Leggat Lane, Baddaginnie-Goomalibee Road, Depot Road, McPherson Road, McEwan Lane and Benalla Rural City in the east, the localities of Strathbogie, Kelvin View and Euroa, Collier Road and Lawrence Road in the south, and Moglonemby Road, Murchison-Violet Town Road and Violet Town Boundary Road in the west. [3]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Violet Town (L)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Violet Town map". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  3. ^ Violet Town and District