Hammond, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Hammond
State:sa
Postcode:5431
Elevation:316
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACDT
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:40
Dir1:southeast
Location1:Quorn
Lga:Mount Remarkable
Lga2:Orroroo Carrieton
Stategov:Stuart
Fedgov:Grey
Coordinates:-32.5213°N 138.3147°W
Coord Ref:[2]
Near-N:Stephenston
Moockra
Near-Ne:Moockra
Eurelia
Near-E:Eurelia
Near-Se:Eurelia
Coomooroo
Near-S:Amyton
Coomooroo
Near-Sw:Wilmington
Near-W:Bruce
Wilmington
Near-Nw:Stephenston
Near:Hammond
Footnotes:Adjoining localities

Hammond is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the southern Flinders Ranges.[2]

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.[3]

St Dominic's Catholic Church in Hammond opened in 1907 but closed on 25 June 2006. Hammond school opened in 1886[4] 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Hammond Railway Station . SA0029164 . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 10 March 2009 . 12 January 2016 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .
  2. Web site: 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. 14 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Placename Details: Hammond . SA0029161 . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 4 March 2010 . 12 January 2016 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Placename Details: Hammond Rural School . SA0034296 . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 10 March 2009 . 12 January 2016 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .