Schematic plan of Hoddle's allotments for the village of Melbourne, March,1837

Each 'block' was further subdivided into 20 allotments each 76 perches in area

Map of central Melbourne

Melbourne's CBD.

The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (936x504, 6 KB) Summary Hoddles allotment plan for each of 24 blocks for the village of melbourne Created by EAWarbuton 5/10/05 Derived from Image:HOD1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (936x504, 6 KB) Summary Hoddles allotment plan for each of 24 blocks for the village of melbourne Created by EAWarbuton 5/10/05 Derived from Image:HOD1. ... Image File history File links Block3. ... Image File history File links Block3. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1398x2250, 331 KB) Summary Map of Central Melbourne, Australia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1398x2250, 331 KB) Summary Map of Central Melbourne, Australia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 163 KB) Summary Author: Vincent Pac Soo Url: http://www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 163 KB) Summary Author: Vincent Pac Soo Url: http://www. ... A typical rural county road in Indiana, USA, where traffic drives on the right. ... The central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ...

Named after its designer, Robert Hoddle, the Grid was laid out in 1837. All major streets are one and half chains in width, while all blocks are exactly 10 chains square. It is one mile long by half a mile wide, and oriented with its long axis rotated 28 degrees counterclockwise of the east-west direction, to align better with the course of the Yarra River. Robert Hoddle (20 April 1794 - 24 October 1881) was a surveyor of Port Phillip in the 1830s, and the creator of the Hoddle Grid in central Melbourne. ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... As a unit of measurement within the Imperial system, the chain (surveyors chain, Gunters chain) is defined as 22 yards, 66 feet, or four rods. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia), originally called Birrarung by the Wurundjeri people who occupied the Yarra valley prior to European settlement. ...

While the survey plan has proved, in time, to be far sighted for public utility, at the time Hoddle's instructions from Governor Gipps were more prosaic. Land allotments for sale at public auction were to be produced as quickly as possible to deliver to the market. Gipps also insisted that all towns laid out during his term of office should have no public squares included within their boundaries being convinced that they only encouraged democracy.

East-west streets

Parallel to the Yarra River: The term Parallel has a number of important meanings: Parallel (geometry) occurs in geometry. ... Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia), originally called Birrarung by the Wurundjeri people who occupied the Yarra valley prior to European settlement. ...

• Flinders Street (southernmost)
• Flinders Lane¹
• Collins Street
• Little Collins Street²
• Bourke Street, incorporating Bourke Street Mall
• Little Bourke Street³
• Lonsdale Street
• Little Lonsdale Street⁴
• La Trobe Street (also written LaTrobe) (northernmost)

¹ One-way westbound, except two-way between Market and Spencer Streets
² One-way westbound, except two-way between King and Spencer Streets
³ One-way westbound
⁴ One-way eastbound
Flinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Collins Street is a major street in the Melbourne Central Business District and runs from east to west. ... Bourke Street Mall The newly redeveloped Bourke Street Mall East Bourke Street Mall during redevelopment Bourke Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Little Bourke Street is a street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... La Trobe Street (also LaTrobe) is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

North-south streets

Perpendicular to the Yarra River: Perpendicular is a geometric term that may be used as a noun or adjective. ...

• Spring Street (easternmost)
• Exhibition Street
• Russell Street
• Swanston Street
• Elizabeth Street
• Queen Street
• Market Street¹
• William Street
• King Street
• Spencer Street (westernmost)

¹ Runs only between Flinders and Collins Streets, and is the single major deviation from the Grid. Spring Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Exhibition St, looking north from Bourke St Exhibition Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne. ... Russell Street is a north-south street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. ... Swanston Street, looking north from the corner of Bourke Street Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. ... Elizabeth Street is one of the main north-south streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. ... Queen Street is a street in the Melbourne central business district. ... Market Street, facing north from Flinders Street Market Street is one of the north-south streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. ... William St, facing north from Flinders St William St is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... King Street is a main street in the Melbourne central business district. ... Spencer Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Surrounding localities