Robert Hoddle

Robert Hoddle
Hoddle c. 1878
Born
Robert Hoddle

(1794-04-21)21 April 1794
Westminster, London, England, UK
Died24 October 1881(1881-10-24) (aged 87)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationSurveyor
Years active1812−1853
Spouse(s)1st Wife: Mary Staton (b. 1791 - d. October 1862) (married: November 1818)
2nd wife: Fanny Agnes Baxter (b. c. 1842 - d. 1929) (married: July 1863)[1][2][3][4]
Childrenfrom 1st wife: 1
from 2nd wife: 3[1][2][3][4]
Robert Hoddle with his omnipresent surveying telescope

Robert Hoddle (21 April 1794 – 24 October 1881)[5] was a surveyor and artist. He was the first Surveyor-General of Victoria from 1851 to 1853. He was previously the Surveyor-in-Charge of the Port Phillip District from 1837 to 1851. He became Surveyor-General upon the proclamation of the Port Phillip District as the new Colony of Victoria within the British Empire in July 1851. He is especially recognized for the design and layout of the Hoddle Grid in 1837, the area which forms the Melbourne central business district (CBD) of Melbourne. He was also an accomplished artist and depicted scenes of the Port Phillip region and New South Wales. Hoddle was one of the earliest-known European artists to depict Ginninderra, the area now occupied by Canberra, Australia's National Capital.[6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference thwc01 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference thwc02 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference adw01 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference adw02 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Tipping, Marjorie J. "Hoddle, Robert (1794–1881)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  6. ^ Book, Robert Hoddle: pioneer surveyor 1794-1881, 2004,https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5bd901fea1feee3080d08261
  7. ^ Robert Hoddle (1794–1881), Australian Dictionary of Biography, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hoddle-robert-2190
  8. ^ Surveyor General's Department, Port Phillip Branch (also known as the Melbourne Survey Office),https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VA943
  9. ^ "THE LATE MR. ROBERT HODDLE". Hay Standard. No. 536. New South Wales, Australia. 16 November 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  10. ^ "PIONEERS AND EXPLORERS, No. 22. ROBERT HODDLE. (By Bernard Cronin)". The Longreach Leader. Vol. 16, no. 847. Queensland, Australia. 5 February 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.