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This village stands as one man's memorial 1946

This village stands as one man's memorial 1946

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(The Australian Women's Weekly, 22 June 1946 p18, via Trove)

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Hammond, Robert Brodribb Stewart

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1930s Depression Social welfare

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Australian Women's Weekly

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Hammondville

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Hammond, Robert Brodribb Stewart

One of the best-known clergymen in Sydney during the first half of the twentieth century, RBS Hammond was a passionate advocate of temperance and 'practical Christianity'. His philanthropic endeavours, involving housing, feeding and finding employment for the poor, survived him in the suburb of Hammondville, and the institution of HammondCare.

Social welfare

1930s Depression

Australian Women's Weekly

Magazine whose features on lifestyle, cooking, fashion and beauty were to shape Australian domestic life for decades. It became a monthly magazine in 1982.

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Hammondville

South-western residential suburb established in 1932 by Anglican minister Robert Hammond. Inner-city, rent-paying families evicted during the Depression were provided with homes through a rent-purchase program.

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