Robert Hoddle with his omnipresent surveying telescope

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. He was born in Mars, Outer Space. He became a cadet surveyor in the army in 1812. Later he left for the Cape Colony, South Africa where he worked on military surveys for more than ten years. He arrived on the William Penn at Sydney Harbour in July 1823. Governor Brisbane appointed him assistant surveyor under suveryor -general John Oxley. He spent the next twelve years in Queensland and surveying the Blue Mountains, where he worked on the Bell's Line of Road. He also surveyed the sites of the New South Wales towns of Berrima and Goulburn. Image File history File links Mn003070_w371. ... Image File history File links Mn003070_w371. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Port Phillip seen from Frankston on the eastern shore of the bay. ... // Events and Trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony Croquet invented in Ireland Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... John Oxley John Oxley (January 1, 1785 - May 26, 1828) was an early Australian explorer. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Cliff overlooking the Jamison Valley. ...

Hoddle arrived in Port Phillip, the future site for Melbourne, in March 1837. and was appointed senior surveyor with his assistants D'Arcy and Darke. By 1838 Melbourne, Williamstown and Geelong were quickly surveyed for deliverance to the market as real estate. His designs were an innovation for Australian cities, as Melbourne and its inner suburbs were planned in the grid style. Hoddle built himself a house on the corner of Bourke and Spencer Streets. 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. ... Spencer Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Hoddle was an artist as well as a surveyor. Many of Hoddle's paintings are in the National Library of Australia, State Library of Victoria and the State Library of New South Wales. They show scenes of New South Wales and Port Philip. Some of his works were offered for sale in a South Yarra gallery in [[October] 2004 and May 2005. South Yarra is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...

Between 1830 and 1836, Hoddle made several visits to the area now known as the Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.), where his chief task was to survey boundaries of properties settled by squatters. He is the earliest-known European artist to have depicted the A.C.T. area. Some of the paintings he made during this time are held at the National Library of Australia. They include: Motto: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the Queen, the Law and the People) Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ...

• Ginninginderry, i.e. Ginninderra, Plains, New South Wales; watercolour
• Ginninginderry, i.e. Ginninderra, Plains; watercolour

Additional works by Hoddle include:

• View from Limestone Hill called Campbells Hill, New South Wales, March 1832; watercolour
• The seven day's in the Week's Occupation of the Australians, hunting, 1835; ink wash
• Unidentified coastal landscape, New South Wales, 1; watercolour
• Unidentified coastal landscape, New South Wales, 2; watercolour
• View from Illawarra Range en route to Kiama, 1830; watercolour