Robert Hoddle (20 April 1794 – 24 October 1881) was a surveyor of
Port Phillip District (later known as
the Australian state of Victoria) 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.