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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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

When was Carlo born?

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We know Carlo was born in 1852 and all sources agree that he was born in April - but what date in April? His entry on the Australian Diction...
Saturday, November 2, 2019

Carlo makes a road to the Garden of the Gods - Mount Buffalo

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This is how the  Herald newspaper of January 19, 1908 started a report about the new road to Mount Buffalo - One of Mr Bent's favorite ...
Sunday, October 27, 2019

Catani Memorial Tower: a review of competitive designs

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A memorial was unveiled for Carlo on August 22, 1932 on the Upper Esplanade in St Kilda, you can read about it, here . The  Building: the ma...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Victorian Community History Awards 2019

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I was thrilled to be recognised in the 2019 Victorian Community History Awards. The Awards ceremony was held on Monday, October 14 at the Ar...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

Carlo arrives in Melbourne with credentials from Pope Pius IX

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The Truth newspaper, based in Perth, published this article on January 29, 1910 - In 1876, three pilgrims set out from Rome for Australia. ...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

Carlo is on the panel to select the design of a Yarra River bridge from Burnley Street to Williams Road

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In 1892, the City of Richmond and the City of Prahran held a series of conferences,  the objective of which was to have a bridge erected ove...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Carlo Catani, Andrew Stenhouse and Captain Cook's statue in St Kilda

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On March 6, 1915 Carlo Catani was presented with a small silver replica of the Captain Cook statue that had been unveiled on the foreshore ...
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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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