Mark John Hammond illuminated address

MLMSS 11585/Box 1X

fonds

May 1886

9662017

0.27 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)

Mark John Hammond (1844-1908) was a gold-miner and politician, born in Sydney. He struck gold at Hill End with his business partners Beyers and Holtermann in 1872, selling his stake soon afterwards. Hammond returned to Sydney in 1873 where he was elected an alderman of Ashfield Municipal Council in 1876, and served as Mayor of Ashfield between 1882-1884. Hammond was then elected to the seat of Canterbury in the NSW Legislative Assembly, which he held from 1884-1887.

References:
Larcombe, F. A., and Canterbury . Council. Change & Challenge : A History of the Municipality of Canterbury, NSW / F.A. Larcombe. Canterbury, N.S.W.]: Canterbury Municipal Council, 1979. Accessed 9 August 2022.
https://issuu.com/canterburylib/docs/change_and_challenge_a_history_of_t
Library acquisition file
Teale, Ruth. "Hammond, Mark John (1844–1908)." Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 9 August 2022. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hammond-mark-john-3705/text5811

Leather-bound volume containing a three page illuminated address given to Mark John Hammond for his service as Alderman of Ashfield, Mayor of Ashfield and Member of Parliament for Canterbury from the 'inhabitants of Ashfield', with 80 names listed. It includes paintings of native flowers and butterflies.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

'Illuminated by John Sands, George St. Sydney' written on the lower margin of the first page.