Stanley Hammond

Stanley James Hammond (1 August 1913 – 1 February 2000) was an Australian sculptor. He was responsible for some of Australia's most enduring monuments.

History Hammond was born in Trentham, Victoria In 1935 he entered and won a design competition for a Pioneer Miners' memorial at Stawell, Victoria and turned professional in 1936.

He assisted Paul Montford in his work on the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne.

After WWII Hammond worked with George Allen, war artist in WWII, and head of RMIT's sculpture department on the Shrine's development. He worked with Allen on the bluestone Fallen Warrior and a ten-foot (3 m) freestone sculpture for the Russell Street telephone exchange.

Hammond was president of the Victorian Artists Society for 5 terms between 1972 and 1977 and was a council member for 38 years. His contributions were honored in 1993 on the occasion of his 80th birthday celebration with the naming on the "Hammond" gallery.

The Stanley Hammond sculpture prize (inaugurated in 1953) was named in his honour.

He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal in 1952 and the MBE in 1974, awarded for sculpture and services to art. Sundial memorial to Matron E. M. Walker at Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital Statue of A. G. Ogilvie for Hobart in 1943, to be cast in bronze after the war John Batman memorial (1978) erected in Collins Street, Melbourne Water Engineering, set of bronze panels for the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board offices, Sydney Peppin Merino, a large bronze effigy in Wanganella, New South Wales Peace Memorial for the Civic Centre, Broken Hill Bust of Lorentzos Mavilis for the town square, Ithaca, Greece Sunderland, panel of the Short Sunderland flying boat for Plymouth Hoe, England Soldiers of the Great War, series of heads for the Australian War Memorial, Canberra Sir Walter Scott bust of the author at the Civic Centre, Ballarat Set of four gargoyles cast in aluminium for Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo Peace Memorial in local stone, Geelong

Family Hammond married Marion Alfreda Kirkland (1915 - 1992) in 1939.

They had a son (James Gilbert 1939) and a daughter (Diana Joy approx. 1943 - 1977).

Other Interests Hammond was a successful power boat racer, building his own boats "ATOM" and "ATOM 2". Atom was donated to Museums Victoria in 1970 and was on display for many years. It is currently in storage.