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, April 28, 2019

The mystery of the Stanford Fountain bluestone seats

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I'll admit that this is only a very tenuous connection to Carlo, but it is such a great story it's worth telling. In 1872, a fountai...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Carlo goes to Europe and this 'Apostle of the Beautiful returns with his head full of ideas and his notebook bulging out with sketches'

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On June 4, 1912 Carlo Catani boarded the Macedonia for London (1).  The Macedonia was built in 1904 by Harland, Wolff Ltd in Belfast, Nort...
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Friday, April 26, 2019

What did Carlo earn?

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Carlo Catani was an extraordinarily busy man as Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department of Victoria and his design and engineering ski...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Is this Carlo Catani?

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I came across this photo the other day and as soon as I saw it, I thought - this has got to be Carlo.  It was taken at the works to divert ...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

The City of Port Phillip honours Carlo Catani

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In the past few months, the City of Port Phillip have erected three interpretive signs connected to Carlo Catani - one in the Catani Gardens...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Postcards of Carlo's Playgrounds

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There was an article in The Argus of January 4, 1926 (read it here ) with the headlines - Beautifying Melbourne - Our debt to Mr Catani - M...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

Officers of the Public Works Department photograph by Algernon Darge

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The Melbourne Punch  edition of June 20, 1912 published photos of the staff of the Victorian Railways - Secretary's Branch,  the Victor...
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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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