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, October 5, 2024

Carlo and the Fisken Street Bridge at Bacchus Marsh

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This is the story of the bridge over the Werribee River at Fisken Street, Bacchus Marsh. At a Bacchus Marsh Shire meeting held in June 1907,...
Friday, June 14, 2024

The Health of Carlo

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On Monday April 1, 1912  The Minister of Public Works, who was visiting Warburton for the purpose of opening the road to Mt. Donna Buang, pr...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Carlo recommends the planting of Willow trees

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The use of willow trees to stop erosion and to add beauty to the river banks was well established in Victoria by the 1850s (1) Willows on t...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Fairfield Park - a beautiful breathing place

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Fairfield Park, on the banks of the Yarra River was officially opened on Friday, June 26, 1914. This park provided a beautiful breathing pla...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Carlo renders invaluable service during the Yarroweyah flood

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The Murray River flooded in July 1905 and Carlo arrived to investigate the strength of the levee bank which was protecting the surrounding c...
Friday, March 22, 2024

The Cattani family from Engelberg, Switzerland

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In 1929, the Prahran Telegraph published some letters from St Kilda Councillor, G.H. Robinson, who was touring abroad. George Hardy Robinso...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Dr Giulio Catani (1848-1921)

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Carlo's brother, Dr Giulio Catani was born in 1848 and was a doctor at the St John of God Hospital in Florence. The website Associazione...
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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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