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, June 26, 2021

Streets named Catani

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I have been for a few drives and photographed all the Catani street signs in Victoria. There is also a Catani Place in Monash in the A.C.T.,...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Carlo and the Lubecker Steam dredge

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Photographs of Carlo are very rare but my research colleague and fellow Carlo Catani historian, Isaac Hermann, has just identified him in th...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

Carlo and the Chalet Geneve on Albert Park Lake

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The Albert Park Lake Kiosk was officially opened on December 9, 1911 by the Mayor of South Melbourne, Cr Donald McArthur. His speech was rep...
Saturday, May 8, 2021

Above the clouds - Trout fishing in Lake Catani

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Carlo was responsible for opening some of Victoria's most scenic tourist areas, of which Mount Buffalo is the best-known. The road betwe...
Friday, April 30, 2021

Carlo and the Point Gellibrand Pile Light

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On Friday August 3, 1906 the Government steamer, the Lady Loch , sailed 12 miles down Port Phillip Bay, swung round so it was facing towards...
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Saturday, April 10, 2021

Carlo Catani and Wattle trees

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The wattle tree grows prolifically on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp. Even 130 years after the Swamp was drained in accordance with plans drawn up by...
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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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