Hoddles Creek is a bounded rural locality near

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, located within the

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. Hoddles Creek recorded a population of 676 at the .

Location

Hoddles Creek is situated 72 km east of Melbourne's

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.Google Map It stands on the banks of the Hoddles Creek, which was named after

Robert Hoddle Robert Hoddle (21 April 1794 – 24 October 1881) was a surveyor and artist. He is best known as the surveyor general of the Port Phillip District (later known as the Australian state of Victoria) from 1837 to 1853, especially for creation of ...

. Blackleather Creek also flows through the town.

History

Hoddles Creek was named for

(1794–1881), who surveyed the area in 1844. The town developed thanks to the Victorian Gold Rush in the 1860s. It was home to one of the largest minefields in Victoria up until the 1900s. The Post Office opened as Hoddle's Creek on 24 May 1862 and closed 1865. It reopened in 1869 (though known as Warburton from 1874 until 1879) and closed in 1967. In 1916, the Hoddles Creek Primary School was founded to replace other local schools. It still runs to this day. Sir

Harrie Massey Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey (16 May 1908 – 27 November 1983) was an Australian mathematical physicist who worked primarily in the fields of atomic and atmospheric physics. A graduate of the University of Melbourne and Cambridge Unive ...

, the renowned

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, spent his early years from 1908 in Hoddles Creek. It is home to several vineyards. For example, the Hoddles Creek Estate was founded by the D'Anna family in 1997.Hoddles Creek Estate: About Us
/ref> The town is also home to berry farms and tree farms.

References

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