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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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Carlo designs May Park in Horsham

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Amongst Carlo Catani's work in Victoria was the design of May Park in Horsham. The original piece of land where May Park is, was triangu...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Carlo and the Bennett’s Stump Puller

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A successful trial of the Bennett stump-puller was held last week at the Bunyip village settlement. It was arranged between Mr. Catani, C.E....
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Via Catani Boulevard - 'pretentious' or 'one of the finest ever seen'?

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Via Catani was the name given, at one time, for The Boulevard which runs between Heidelberg and Ivanhoe. It was, of course, named in honour ...
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...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

A Kiss by Lake Catani by Johnny Wade and his Hawaiians

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We were lucky to come across this recording by Johnny Wade and his Hawaiians of A Kiss by Lake Catani. I already had the sheet music - the...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

The Gorge Road to Beechworth Falls

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On October 19, 1908 The Argus reported that Mr. Catani, chief engineer of the Board of Works, recently inspected the Beechworth Falls, whic...
Monday, January 14, 2019

Carlo creates an underground grotto of palms and ferns for 'Ye Olde Englishe Faire'

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Ye Olde Englishe Faire was held at the Melbourne Town Hall to raise money for the Red Cross on June 1st, June 2nd and June 4th (the King...
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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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