Hoddle Grid: The Great Land Grab
Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne
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On 1 June 1837 Robert Hoddle stood on a log and began auctioning the first allotments of land in the newly-surveyed Hoddle Grid, now the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. The purchasers came from a wide variety of backgrounds, but most shared a common ambition: to build wealth in a fast-growing new settlement. This exhibition introduces some of those early purchasers – from former convicts and publicans to merchants and investors whose fortunes were tied to global trade. They acquired land on Wurundjeri country for next to nothing, setting in motion changes that would shape the city for generations.
Source: whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au