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

Carlo Catani

Carlo creates a Beautiful Design for a Recreation Reserve and Public Park at Spotswood

Did Carlo Play Sport?

Harry Abbott, Public Works Department Overseer

Carlo and the Fisken Street Bridge at Bacchus Marsh

The Health of Carlo

Carlo recommends the planting of Willow trees