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 30, 2022

Carlo and the Princes Bridge, Melbourne

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Princes Bridge, over the Yarra River at Swanston Street, was officially opened on October 4, 1888. The Public Works Department engineer invo...
Saturday, June 11, 2022

Carlo gives evidence at the Railways Standing Committee regarding the San Remo Pier

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The Age of September 25 1901 published this report under the headline - Westernport Coalfields - proposed railway and shipping facilities -...
Sunday, May 8, 2022

Carlo and the proposal to designate Laverton as the noxious trades area in 1917

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This post  looks at the history of Laverton as the potential site of a noxious trades area. In 1917, Carlo Catani was invited to be on the p...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Carlo's time as an Honorary Justice at the St Kilda Court

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On May 15, 1917, Carlo Catani, having just been appointed a Justice of the Peace, took his seat on the Bench at the St Kilda Court for the f...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022

The Bridge over the Murray River at Koondrook-Barham

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The communities of Koondrook and Barham had been agitating for a bridge across the Murray River between the two towns from as early as 1892 ...
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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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