Mark John Hammond (15 November 1844 – 4 February 1908) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he received a brief education at Newtown before following his father to the Braidwood gold diggings in 1852; the family moved to

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in 1853. He became a blacksmith and jockey and joined a Hill End mining company in 1868. On 14 July 1869 he married Mary Ann Fitzpatrick at Bathurst, with whom he had three children. He was an alderman of Ashfield Council from 1876 and served as mayor in 1882. In 1884 Hammond was elected to the

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as the member for

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, serving until 1887. From 1900 to 1903 he was a mining agent in Sydney and campaigned on behalf of municipal government. Hammond died at Manly in 1908.

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1844 births 1908 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Politicians from Sydney Australian gold prospectors Mayors of Ashfield New South Wales local councillors 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub