Hammond, South Australia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hammond South Australia
Hammond Location in South Australia
Postcode(s)	5431
Elevation	316 m (1,037 ft)
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location	40 km (25 mi) southeast of Quorn
LGA(s)	Mount Remarkable Orroroo Carrieton
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

Hammond is a small town and area in South Australia. It is located in the southern part of the Flinders Ranges.

History of Hammond

The town of Hammond was planned in May 1879. It was built near the Bellaratta Creek. The town was named after William Henry Hammond Jervois. He was the eldest son of William Jervois, who was the Governor of South Australia at that time.

St Dominic's Catholic Church opened in Hammond in 1907. It closed its doors on June 25, 2006. The Hammond school started in 1886. It is also now closed.

Hammond's Railway Connections

From 1881, Hammond was an important stop on the railway line between Peterborough and Quorn. This railway connected Hammond to bigger towns. From Peterborough, trains could go south to Adelaide, west to Port Pirie, and east to Broken Hill.

Quorn was part of the Central Australia Railway. This line went from Port Augusta all the way to Alice Springs, Northern Territory. After 1917, the Port Augusta end also connected to the Trans-Australian Railway. This line went across Australia to Perth, Western Australia.

Interstate trains stopped using the Hammond line in 1937. A new, more direct railway was built from Port Pirie to Port Augusta. The line through Hammond still carried some freight until the 1980s. It was also used for special train transfers into the 1990s. These transfers were between the Pichi Richi Railway and Steamtown Peterborough.