Hammond, South Australia

Hammond is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the southern Flinders Ranges.^[1]

Hammond South Australia
Hammond
Coordinates	32.5213°S 138.3147°E / -32.5213; 138.3147[1]
Population	22 (SAL 2021)[2]
Postcode(s)	5431
Elevation	316 m (1,037 ft)[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location	40 km (25 mi) southeast of Quorn
LGA(s)	Mount Remarkable[1] Orroroo Carrieton[1]
State electorate(s)	Stuart
Federal division(s)	Grey
Localities around Hammond: Stephenston Stephenston Moockra Moockra Eurelia Bruce Wilmington Hammond Eurelia Wilmington Amyton Coomooroo Eurelia Coomooroo
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

History

The town of Hammond was surveyed in May 1879 on the banks of the Bellaratta Creek. It is named after William Henry Hammond Jervois, the eldest son of Governor of South Australia William Jervois.^[4]

St Dominic's Catholic Church in Hammond opened in 1907 but closed on 25 June 2006. Hammond school opened in 1886^[5] but is also now closed.

Railway

From 1881, Hammond was on the Peterborough–Quorn railway line. Peterborough provided rail connection south to Adelaide, west to Port Pirie and east to Broken Hill. Quorn was on the Central Australia Railway from Port Augusta to Alice Springs, Northern Territory. After 1917, the Port Augusta end connected to the Trans-Australian Railway to Perth, Western Australia as well. Interstate rail traffic stopped using this line from 1937 when a new railway was built connecting Port Pirie direct to Port Augusta, providing a more direct path. It continued to carry some freight up until the 1980s, and remained available for occasional transfers between the Pichi Richi Railway and Steamtown Peterborough into the 1990s.

References

1. "Search results for 'Hammond, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hammond (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "Placename Details: Hammond Railway Station". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 10 March 2009. SA0029164. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
4. "Placename Details: Hammond". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2010. SA0029161. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
5. "Placename Details: Hammond Rural School". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 10 March 2009. SA0034296. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.