Violet was born at Butcher Lagoon, Bing Bong and grew up at Managoora and Borroloola., her region is Marra Camp. She went to school in 1954 then met her late husband Mr R Hammer and lived at Bauhinia Downs Station. She started adult education in the early 80’s where she did screen printing and works on canvas. She was one of the founding members of Waralungku Arts.