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 17, 2022

Carlo Catani is sued in Warrnambool County Court

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The Age newspaper of April 10, 1902  (see here ) reported on a Court case where Carlo was sued in the Warrnambool County Court. The plainti...
Friday, January 28, 2022

The Union Bridge, Murray River, at Albury-Wodonga

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On September 2, 1861, the Union Bridge over the Murray River between Albury and Wodonga was opened, replacing a punt. It was a day of great...
Tuesday, December 21, 2021

A Labour of Love - the Public Works of Carlo Catani

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 A new book on Carlo Catani has just been released A Labour of Love - the Public Works of Carlo Catani Victoria 1876-1918, written and resea...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Carlo's Linguistic Skills

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We know that Carlo was persuasive and charming, evidenced by these two quotes from Table Talk - He is a model of urbanity and discretion, a...
Saturday, August 21, 2021

Carlo Catani - Cyclopedia of Victoria, 1903

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In the last post (see here ) I looked at Ettore Checchi's entry from the Cyclopedia of Victoria , which  was published in three volumes ...

Ettore Checchi - Cyclopedia of Victoria, 1903

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The Cyclopedia of Victoria was  published in three volumes: volume 1 in 1903, and the next two volumes in 1904 and 1905. They were, as the t...

Ettore Checchi - River Murray Agreement and River Gauging by J.N. Churchyard.

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This article on Ettore Checchi, by J. N. Churchyard, Research Officer at the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission was first published in...
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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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