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.
National Grid plc | Glenn Hoddle | National Grid | World Community Grid | power grid | National Grid (UK) | grid | Electrical grid | The Grid | Grid plan | electrical grid | State Grid Corporation of China | Oracle Grid Engine | Grid computing | Ball grid array | Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa | Off-the-grid | off-the-grid | off the grid | Nested Grid Model | grid computing | Global Information Grid | Fused Grid | European Grid Infrastructure | Edgar Street Grid | All Saints' Church remains at the centre of a village environment in the Milton Keynes grid square of Loughton. | Access Grid |