• Title
  Mark J. (Mark John) Hammond - papers, 1881-1908
• Creator
  Mark J. (Mark John) Hammond, 1844-1908
• Call number
  MLMSS 117
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1881 - 1908
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings
• Reference code
  442685
• Physical Description
  2 boxes - 0.24 Meters
  Textual Records
  Textual Records - (typescript)
  Clippings
  Textual Records - (printed)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Mark John Hammond (1844-1908), gold-miner and parliamentarian, was born at Sydney, son of John Hammond. He went to the goldfields at Braidwood with his father in 1852, later becoming a blacksmith and jockey before striking gold at Hill End with his business partners Beyers and Holtermann. He returned to Sydney in 1873 and was elected an alderman of Ashfield Municipal Council in 1876. He was Mayor of Ashfield in 1882 and retired in 1887. He was elected a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seat of Canterbury (1884-1887). He was a supporter of the Australian Democratic and Liberal Reform League. [ref:ADB 4]
• Scope and Content
  1884-1908; Correspondence, including letters received from Henry Parkes, Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin (Call No.: MLMSS 117/1)
  1881-1903; Papers concerning politics including: ts. copy of the 'Objects of the Australian Democratic and Liberal Reform League'; and a private circular dated 1889 to form a club for 'Fiscal Reform' (Call No.: MLMSS 117/1)
  1881-1903; Papers concerning local government in Ashfield including voting tally sheets and a campaign to have a court house built in the municipality, 1903 (Call No.: MLMSS 117/1)
  1900-1907; Notes and newscuttings on historical subjects including the wreck of the 'Dunbar' (Call No.: MLMSS 117/1)
  1888-1902; Printed items, including invitations and menus for functions for Edmund Barton (Call No.: MLMSS 117/1)
  Date unknown; 'Recollections and experiences of an Australian Gold Miner', by M.J. Hammond, being ts. draft (Call No.: MLMSS 117/1)
  Date unknown; Notebooks (16) of Hammond's 'Recollections and Experiences of an Australian Gold Miner', with pages of addenda (Call No.: MLMSS 117/2)
• General note
  
  This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823403
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Barton, Edmund, Sir, 1849-1920
  Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
  Parkes, Henry, Sir, 1815-1896
  
• Subject
  Elections--New South Wales--Ashfield.
  Gold miners--New South Wales--Biography.
  Municipal government--New South Wales--Ashfield.
  New South Wales--Politics and government--1851-1901.
  New South Wales--Politics and government--1901-1922.
  Politicians--New South Wales--19th century.
  
• Place
  Ashfield (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3314707

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