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 15, 2023

Carlo makes valuable suggestions for the garden at Kyneton High School

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In 1915 Carlo Catani, the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department, received a request for a garden design for the Kyneton High School....
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Carlo seeks supplies of Lanoline for the Italian Red Cross

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The Great War caused the shortage of many products in Australia and other countries and one of these products was lanoline. This shortage al...
Saturday, June 17, 2023

Carlo attends the opening of the Dargo Bush Nursing Hospital

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Carlo was present at the opening of the Dargo Bush Nursing Hospital, on November 24, 1912. William Edgar, the Minister for Public Work was a...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

St Kilda City Council: Carlo's 1914 re-subdivision and Carlo urged to nominate in 1917

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The City of St Kilda was re-subdivided from three wards into four wards in April 1914, the new boundaries being based on the plan devised by...
Friday, May 26, 2023

Carlo and the St Kilda Patriotic Carnival, December 1917

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The St Kilda Patriotic Carnival was held at Luna Park from December 8 to 15, 1917. It was officially opened by Sir John Madden, who was intr...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Carlo Catani and the Henley on Yarra Regatta

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Alexandra Avenue, designed by Carlo Catani, was officially opened by the  Duke of Cornwall and York on May 17, 1901. The land adjacent to th...
Monday, April 10, 2023

Carlo Catani and the Caulfield Racecourse

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The area occupied by the Caulfield Racecourse, operated by the Victorian Amateur Turf Club (VATC) (1) , has been the subject of on-going dis...
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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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