Dictionary of Sydney

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Hammond, RBS

Anglican minister who worked with drunks and the poor, and founded a number of charitable enterprises aimed at rehabilitating the destitute of Sydney.

Milestone
Born
Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria
12 Jun 1870
Arrived Sydney
1899
Died
Beecroft
12 May 1946
Buried
14 May 1946
Name
Birth
Hammond, Robert Brodribb Stewart
Commemorated by
Occupation
Position
1901 - 1904
1902
1908
1909 - 1918
1918 - 1943
1933
Relationship
Spouse
09 Jun 1904 - 03 Jun 1943
Spouse
1943 - 1946

Hammond, Robert Brodribb Stewart

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2012

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.