Robert Hoddle

Robert Hoddle (20 April 1794 – 24 October 1881) was a surveyor of Port Phillip District (later known as Victoria (Australia)) in the 1830s, and the creator of the Hoddle Grid, the street grid system upon which inner city Melbourne is based. He was also an accomplished artist and depicted scenes of the Port Phillip region as well as New South Wales. Hoddle was one of the earliest-known European artists to capture images of Ginninderra, an area now occupied by Canberra, Australia's National Capital. Hoddle, the son of a bank clerk for the Bank of England, was born in Westminster, London.