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

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Showing posts with label Praise of Carlo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Praise of Carlo. Show all posts
Monday, November 21, 2022

Posthumous tributes to Carlo

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Carlo was a man admired by many people throughout Victoria and there were numerous tributes paid to him when he was alive and you can read s...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Tributes to Carlo

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Carlo Catani was the subject of many compliments and tributes when he was alive  here are some of them.Of course, many were bestowed on him ...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Mr Catani eulogised

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This interesting report of a meeting of the St Kilda Council, from the Malvern Standard of May 26, 1917 is, as the headline suggests, a eul...
Friday, October 12, 2018

A tribute to Carlo - What a man!

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In The Herald of February 4, 1928  (1)   Mr H. O Allan looked back on his 51 years in the Lands Department in the Victorian Public Service...
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Heather
I am a local history enthusiast, the President of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society and the Secretary of the South Eastern Historical Association. I was the Local History Librarian at Casey Cardinia Libraries from 2005 until 2021.
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