Catani, Victoria

Catani
Victoria
Taplins Road
Catani
Coordinates 38°11′S 145°39′E / 38.183°S 145.650°E / -38.183; 145.650Coordinates: 38°11′S 145°39′E / 38.183°S 145.650°E / -38.183; 145.650
Population 294 (2016)[1]
Postcode(s) 3981
Location 72 km (45 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s) Shire of Cardinia
State electorate(s) Bass
Federal Division(s) Flinders

Catani is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 72 kilometres (45 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local government area. Catani recorded a population of 294 at the 2016 Census.

History

Catani Post Office opened on 2 April 1923 and closed in 1981 after Bernadette Miles left.[2]

The town was named after Carlo Catani, a civil engineer who worked on the draining of the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp.[3]

Today

Catani has an Australian Rules football team playing in the Ellinbank & District Football League.[4] Catani is also host to the Gippsland Pleasure Harness Society, a branch of the Australian Carriage Driving Society. Members of the club meet at the Recreational Reserve on the third Sunday of each month to practice and participate in activities with their horses, ponies and donkeys. The town also has netball, cricket and tennis teams running during their season. A school bus that runs throughout the town twice a day for students at Kooweerup Secondary college.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Catani (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2017-09-16. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
  3. ↑ McNicoll, Ronald (1979). "Catani, Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico (1852–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Full Points Footy, Catani, retrieved 2009-04-15
  5. ↑ http://www.kwrsc.vic.edu.au


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