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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Saturday, July 27, 2019

Paolo Dattari - Architect, Silversmith, Entomologist, Cartographer and Inventor

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Carlo Catani  came to Australia from Italy via New Zealand, with Pietro Baracchi and Ettore Checchi. They were joined in Melbourne...
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Friday, July 19, 2019

101 years since Carlo passed away

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It's 101 years ago, today, that Carlo passed away, Saturday, July 20, 1918. The Age and The Argus both reported on this sad event on M...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Unnamed street in St Kilda given the name Cavell Street.

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There are a few landmarks named after  Carlo such as the town of Catani , Lake Catani at Mount Buffalo, Catani Gardens in St  Kilda; the Bou...
Friday, July 12, 2019

What Carlo thinks of rockeries and the issue of cows in the Albert Park

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This was in the Bulletin , published August 22, 1912 and I think it is very amusing. You can see the original, on Trove, here . Melbourne...
Wednesday, July 3, 2019

The problem of weeds in Albert Park Lake - Carlo has a solution

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On January 13, 1904 the South Melbourne Council discussed the interminable question  of cleansing the Albert Park Lake of weeds ( The Age ...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Carlo and the Boolarra to Foster Road

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In July 1900,  Carlo visited Morwell and announced that as soon as the consent of the affected land owners had been obtained then a gang of ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Carlo designs the Promenade Pier at Williamstown

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In 1910, Carlo Catani submitted plans for  a Promenade Pier at Williamstown.  The Williamstown Chronicle of September 24, 1910 had the follo...
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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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