The City of Port Phillip honours Carlo Catani

In the past few months, the City of Port Phillip have erected three interpretive signs connected to Carlo Catani - one in the Catani Gardens in St Kilda, one at the Catani Archway and the other at the site of Carlo's now demolished house in Blessington Street in St Kilda.  Well done to the City of Port Phillip for recognising and celebrating their history!

This is the interpretive sign in the Catani Gardens, St Kilda.

Image: Heather Arnold.

The text from the  interpretive sign.

Image: Heather Arnold.

This is the wording, which was supplied by Isaac Hermann, even though he didn't get a credit for it.  The photo was supplied by the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society, of which I am President. Ironically, there is no memorial for Carlo on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp unless you count the Swamp town of Catani, which is of course, named for him. However, some sort of memorial is on my list of projects. 

This is the Catani Archway in the Catani Gardens - the plaque, mounted on a bluestone plinth, is on the left.

Image: Isaac Hermann

This is the Catani Archway plaque.

Image: Isaac Hermann

The Catani Archway plaque includes, the text, above and the image, below.

Image: Isaac Hermann

Photograph from the Catani Archway plaque

Image: Isaac Hermann

 The plaque outside 61 Blessington Street.

Image: Isaac Hermann

In 1912, the Catani family home, Glenluce, in Elm Street in Armadale was demolished to make way for the duplication of the railway line between South Yarra and Caulfield, read about this here, and the family moved to Wyndham, 39 Blessington Street,  St Kilda. The house was sold by the family after Catherine Catani died in August 1925. In 1935, the house was demolished  and the existing block of flats built on the site and around the same time  the street was re-numbered and that is why the plaque is at No. 61 Blessington Street. You can read more about this here.

This is a close-up of the plaque outside 61 Blessington Street.

Image: Isaac Hermann