Carlo Catani

This blog is a tribute to Engineer, Carlo Catani (1852 -1918) Carlo worked for the Public Works Department of Victoria. His projects included draining the Koo Wee Rup and Moe Swamps, flood mitigation works on the Yarra River and the reclamation of the St Kilda foreshore. The gardens he designed at the end of Fitzroy Street were named after him as was the Catani arch bridge on the St Kilda foreshore. This blog covers Catani's professional and personal life. Heather Arnold

Carlo Catani

Carlo and his colleagues on the Albert Park Committee of Management

William Davidson, Civil engineer and Chief Inspector of Public Works

Carlo transforms the St Kilda Foreshore from a Reeking Marsh to a Garden Beauty

Cycle tracks - making roads for bicycle riders

Carlo and the road over Oliver's Hill, Frankston

Carlo and the Port Melbourne Foreshore Beautification works