Edouard Borovansky's 1951 production of The Sleeping Princess, in which Hammond appeared as Carabosse, received great critical acclaim and was billed as 'an important milestone in the history of ballet in Australia'.
As a Principal Dancer with the Théâtre Royal de Monnaie (Belgium), Hammond danced in various opera productions and ballet divertissements including Brahms Variations and Bouquetierre des Violets.
Under the management and direction of Hammond, the Paul Hammond Ballet School soon established itself as a leading dance academy, and between 1953 and 1976, produced and trained successful dancers such as Don Asker, Dale Baker, Walter Bourke, Roma Egan, Michaela Kirkaldie, John O’Brien, Gailene Stock, Robert Ray, and Margaret Wilson among numerous others.
Hammond co-founded the Royal Academy of Dance's Victorian Advisory Panel in 1956 and held various roles including Secretary, Chairman as well as Patron.
From 1996 to 2007, Hammond volunteered regularly with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne, examining and evaluating local and international archival material on 16 mm film.
In January 2008, Hammond was awarded the Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service to the development and promotion of dance, particularly ballet, as a performer, choreographer and teacher.
[3] He spent the first decades of his life in Sydney, following by significant stints abroad and later moved to Melbourne where he founded the Paul Hammond Ballet School with his then wife, ballerina Peggy Sager.