Hammondville, New South Wales

Hammondville was originally a settlement for destitute families during the Great Depression.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-15/great-depression-hardships-set-up-modern/4576782|title=Great Depression hardships set up modern innovations|date=15 March 2013|accessdate=25 March 2013|first=Sharon|last=O'Neill|publisher=ABC News}} It was founded in 1933 by minister and social reformer Robert Brodribb Hammond from St Barnabas at Broadway close to the city centre of Sydney.{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/a-suburb-for-our-times/2008/11/28/1227491827207.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2|title = A suburb for our times|date = 29 November 2008}} Former senator George Matthew Foster served as general superintendent and secretary.{{cite news|url=https://biography.senate.gov.au/george-matthew-foster/|title=Foster, George Matthew (1884–1956)|work=The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate|volume=1|publisher=Melbourne University Press|year=2000|first=Shayne|last=Breen}} The Hammondville Post Office opened on 15 April 1935. A Hammondville East Post Office opened on 1 May 1958 and closed in 1983.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | accessdate = 16 June 2012 }}

At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, there were 3,691 residents in Hammondville. 69.4% of people were born in Australia, with the top other countries of birth being England 2.7%, New Zealand 1.9% and India 1.5%. About 29.2% of people spoke a language other than English at home and the most common languages spoken were Arabic 4.9%, Greek 2.6% and Spanish 1.3%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 18.9% and Anglican 17.2%.

Hammondville has soccer and football fields, netball courts, baseball diamonds and cricket nets along Heathcoate Road at Hammondville Park. Hammondville Park also has Moorebank Sports Club, a popular club for the locals. The suburb also sits alongside the New Brighton Golf Club.

Hammondville has many small pocket parks with children's playgrounds.

In 1988, the Lieutenant Cantello Reserve was unveiled by the citizens of Bankstown in the Bicentennial Project. Located on the eastern side of the village the memorial stands in memory of Lt George Leo Cantello who died in a plane crash whilst defending Australia on 8 June 1942.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/statuepark/620/cantello.html |title=Lt Cantello Reserve |access-date=27 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610102227/http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/statuepark/620/cantello.html |archive-date=10 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last=Dunn|first=Peter|title=CRASH OF AN AIRACOBRA AT HAMMONDVILLE, NSW ABOUT 3 MILES SSW OF BANKSTOWN AIRFIELD ON 8 JUNE 1942|url=http://www.ozatwar.com/nsw25.htm|work=ozatwar.com|accessdate=15 January 2013}}

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• {{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/place/hammondville | title = Hammondville | accessdate = 27 September 2015 | date = 2012 | work=Dictionary of Sydney}} [CC-By-SA]
• [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/21/1069027321297.html Hammondville, a political perspective]
• [http://www.hammondvil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Hammondville Public School]

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