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3 unusual facts about Hoddle Grid


Hoddle Grid

It was planned to span a gently sloping valley between small hills (knolls) (Batman's Hill, Flagstaff Hill and Eastern Hill) and roughly parallel to the course of the Yarra River.

While the survey plan has proved, in time, to be far-sighted for public utility, serving Melbourne to this day, at the time Hoddle's instructions from Governor Gipps were more prosaic.

The grid's longest axis is oriented 70 degrees clockwise from true north, to align better with the course of the Yarra River.



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