Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881

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Robert Hoddle arrived in New South Wales in 1823 and worked with J. Oxley in Queensland and the Blue Mountains. In 1837 he was appointed senior surveyor at Port Phillip and designed Melbourne, Geelong, Williamstown and many other Victorian settlements. George Baxter Pritchard was head of the school of mines at the Working Men's College (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) 1897-1934.

From the description of Memoir of Lord Byron [manuscript]. 18??. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224379478

From the description of An history of useful arts and manufactures [manuscript]. 1835. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224343849

From the description of Johnson's pocket dictionary of the English language [manuscript]. 1862. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224379486

From the description of The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, ... bishops, priests, and deacons [manuscript]. 1845. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224379445

From the description of Nouveau testament de notre seigneur Jesus-Christ : d'apres la version revue par J.F. Ostervald [manuscript]. 1853. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224379455

Born in London, Robert Hoddle came to New South Wales in 1823 and was appointed assistant surveyor in Sydney at the request of John Oxley. Hoddle is chiefly remembered for his work in laying out Melbourne in 1837. Between 1851 and 1857, he was Victoria's first surveyor-general.

From the description of Newspaper cuttings book [manuscript]. 1880-1926. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225827537

Robert Hoddle arrived in New South Wales in 1823 and worked with J. Oxley in Queensland and the Blue Mountains. In 1837 he was appointed senior surveyor at Port Phillip and designed Melbourne, Geelong, Williamstown and many other Victorian settlements.

From the description of Correspondence between the Surveyor General of New South Wales and Robert Hoddle, 1832-1847 [manuscript]. 1832-1847. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 780403885

From the description of Letters, [not after 1995] [manuscript]. [not after 1995] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 269602797

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creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Correspondence between the Surveyor General of New South Wales and Robert Hoddle, 1832-1847 [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Johnson's pocket dictionary of the English language [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Nouveau testament de notre seigneur Jesus-Christ : d'apres la version revue par J.F. Ostervald [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Pritchard, G. B. (George Baxter), 1869 - 1956. Photo album. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Plan of Melbourne from Port Phillip Bay to Collingwood [cartographic material]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Town of Melbourne / Robert Hoddle, Surveyor, Port Phillip, 25th March, 1837. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Letters, [not after 1995] [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Memoir of Lord Byron [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Plan of eight allotments for the veterans at Bong Bong : scale twenty chains to an inch / [Robert Hoddle]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Sec. No. 1., [Block of land at Yarra Yarra river, west of King street] / Robert Hoddle, surveyor. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Newspaper cuttings book [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Pritchard, G. B. (George Baxter), 1869 - 1956. Newspaper cuttings [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, ... bishops, priests, and deacons [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Survey maps. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Plan of the two mile boundary round Geelong / Robert Hoddle, surveyor. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. [Wingecarribbee swamp and vicinity] / [Robert Hoddle]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823. A course of mathematics in two volumes for the use of academies as well as private tuition / by Charles Hutton, 1807-1812 [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Sketchbook. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Letters [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Selby, Isaac, 1859-1956. Robert Hoddle's survey, plus letters and diary. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Town of Melbourne : plan of the settlement, Port Phillip / Robert Hoddle, surveyor. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Roads near Melbourne / Hoddle, Robert. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert. Plan shewing the new line of road from the township of Berrima and near Paddy's River and its junction witth Major Mitchell's new line of road : to the southern extremity of the Wingeecarribee [i.e. Wingecarribee] Swamp joining to the road leading to Kiama via the district of Illawarra, County of Camden / [Robert Hoddle]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. An history of useful arts and manufactures [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Pritchard, G. B. (George Baxter), 1869 - 1956. Notes [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Clarke, Lindsay (fl. 1849.). Plan of allotments marked at Sandridge in the parish of South Melbourne / surveyed by Lindsay Clarke Assit. Surr., 1849. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Plan showing the bridle path cut through the brush from the South side of the Wingecarribee swamp to Kiama Boat Harbour, original, plot 1 / surveyed and drawn by R.H. surveyor. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Plan shewing the surveyed lands to the northward of Melbourne and allotments contiguous to it : by Robert Hoddle Surveyor. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Survey of the ranges from Wingeecarribee [i.e. Wingecarribee] Swamp to Bujjon and Kiama shewing also the Kangaroo River with its Branches and to Meryla / by Robert Hoddle, Surveyor August 1831. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat baron de, 1689-1755. Montesqui on the greatness and fall of the Romans, [18--?] [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. Survey of farms at Shoalhaven to complete the exchange between Messrs. Berry and Wolstoncroft, Elyard senr. and the Govt. vide no. 30-211 & 30-380 and also report in H.M.R. & authority to take possession / Robert Hoddle, surveyor, 14th May, 183, accompanying letter of 16th May, 1831. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hoddle, Robert, 1794-1881. [Survey of Limestone Plains district ie. Canberra, A.C.T.] : [with ms amendments to 1916] / Robert Hoddle. Libraries Australia
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associatedWith Berry, Alexander, 1781-1873 person
associatedWith Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron, 1788-1824. person
associatedWith Clarke, Lindsay (fl. 1849.) person
associatedWith Elyard, William, 1804 - 1865 person
associatedWith Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823. person
associatedWith Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. person
associatedWith McDonald, Agnes Stuart. person
associatedWith McDonald, A. Grant. person
correspondedWith Mitchell, Thomas Sir, 1792-1855 person
associatedWith Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat baron de, 1689-1755. person
associatedWith New South Wales. Dept. of Lands. corporateBody
associatedWith New South Wales. Surveyor-General. corporateBody
associatedWith Ostervald, Jean Frederick, 1663-1747. person
associatedWith Price, T. J. person
associatedWith Pritchard, G. B. (George Baxter) person
associatedWith Pritchard, G. B. (George Baxter), 1869 - 1956. person
associatedWith Pritchard, George Bolton. person
associatedWith Sage, Maria. person
associatedWith Selby, Isaac, 1859-1956. person
associatedWith Smith, William Mason. person
associatedWith White, R. H. D. person
associatedWith Wollstonecraft, Edward, 1783 - 1832 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Bong Bong (N.S.W.)
Melbourne (Vic.)
Australia
Wingecarribee Swamp (N.S.W.)
Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)
Australia--Geelong (Vic.)
Australia--Southern Highlands Region (N.S.W.)
Wingecarribee River Region (N.S.W.)
Australia--Canberra (A.C.T.)
Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)
Australia--Bong Bong (N.S.W.)
Bong Bong (N.S.W.)
Victoria
Southern Highlands (N.S.W.)
Melbourne Region (Vic.)
Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)
Australia--Southern Highlands (N.S.W.)
Melbourne (Vic.)
Australia--Bong Bong (N.S.W.)
Crookhaven River (N.S.W.)
Australia--Berrima (N.S.W.)
Victoria--Melbourne
Melbourne (Vic.)
Melbourne (Vic.)
Wingecarribbee Swamp (N.S.W.)
Moss Vale Region (N.S.W.)
Canberra (A.C.T.)
Melbourne (Vic.)
Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)
Geelong (Vic.)
Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)
Australia--Australian Capital Territory
Port Phillip settlement (Vic.)
Shoalhaven Region (N.S.W.)
Southern Highlands Region (N.S.W.)
Southern Highlands (N.S.W.)
Australia--New South Wales
Australia--Shoalhaven Region (N.S.W.)
Australia--New South Wales
Berrima (N.S.W.)
Port Phillip settlement (Vic.)
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Birth 1794-04-20

Death 1881-10-24

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