Walker's Violet Farm - Windback Wednesday

Alf Walker’s 14-acre violet farm near Magill was a favourite Sunday excursion during the 1920s. In its heyday, the farm attracted 2,000 people each weekend. Visitors paid six pennies to enter, picking as many violets as they could carry and enjoyed afternoon tea at the farmhouse or had a picnic in the paddock.

Pictured: Walker's Violet Farm, circa 1924. Burnside Local History Collection.