Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1906-1939 (Creation)
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Series
Extent and medium
Loose papers, 1 manila folder
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Brodribb Stewart Hammond (b. 1870 d. 1946) was ordained Deacon in 1894 and Priest in 1896, and worked until 1918 as Curate in several Sydney parishes. From 1918-1943 Hammond was Rector of St. Barnabas', Broadway, and was Canon of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, from 1931-1944. In 1907 Hammond founded GRIT, a weekly Temperance journal, and from 1918-1943 he was President of the Australian Prohibition Alliance. Amongst other activities, Hammond founded homes for the unemployed and in 1932, began the Hammondville Settlement for the destitute. This work was recognized by the bestowal of an O.B.E. in 1937.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The series includes letters from parishioners, relatives and soldiers fighting overseas during World War I.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Chronological
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open access