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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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Carlo suggests Wonthaggi should be called Petria.

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Here's an interesting article from the Geelong Advertiser of February 28, 1910 about names for the new coal town on the Powlett River -...
Friday, December 28, 2018

Carlo and the Warrnambool harbour

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In 1910, Carlo drew up plans for harbour improvements at Warrnambool.  The local community had been agitating for these improvements for man...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Carlo designs a garden for Korumburra State School

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In  June 1913,  Carlo visited Korumburra with plans to design a new garden for the State School. The plans involved purchasing 2½ acres of l...

Korumburra Shire cannot make a decision on a new road proposed by Carlo

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In 1912, The Age had a report on the inaction of the Korumburra Shire regarding a new road in Strzelecki which the locals wanted and had co...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Carlo visits Yarram with plans to beautify the Hospital grounds and the old Cemetery

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The Gippsland Standard published this article on July 24, 1914 about a visit Carlo made to the town of Yarram on Wednesday, July 22 (read...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Enrico Catani - War Services of Old Melburnians

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In 1923 Melbourne Grammar published War Services of Old Melburnians recording the names and World War One military history of past studen...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

Carlo knows 'next to nothing' about flood damage on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp

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The Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society has a series of letters from Mr Huntly Campbell Gordon of Five Mile (Koo Wee Rup North - one of Ca...
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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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