Carlo Catani
Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico Catani (22 April 1852 – 20 July 1918) was a civil engineer who worked in Australia for the Victorian Government for the majority of his career.[1]
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 Memorial statue and plaque of Carlo Catani, St. Kilda, Victoria | |
| Born | 22 April 1852 Florence, Tuscany, Italy |
| Died | 20 July 1918 (aged 66) St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | civil engineer |
| Years active | 1876–1917 |
He oversaw many projects, including:
- the draining of the Koo-Wee-Rup swamp
- widening and improvement of the Yarra River upstream from Princes Bridge, Alexandra Avenue and the laying out and planting of the Alexandra Gardens
- roads to Arthurs Seat and to Mount Donna Buang
- the Elwood Canal[2]
- Murray River levees (Strathmerton district)
- Lake Catani on Mount Buffalo
- reclamation and the layout of the St Kilda foreshore.[3]
The township of Catani, Victoria, Lake Catani at Mt Buffalo and Catani Gardens in St. Kilda, are named after him.[1]
References
- McNicholl, Ronald (1979). "Catani, Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico (1852–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 25 August 2011 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Elwood Canal Precinct (PDF), 2004, retrieved 25 August 2011
- Italian Delegation to Honour Carlo Catani, Designer of the St Kilda Foreshore, 21 November 2001, archived from the original on 28 September 2007, retrieved 25 August 2011
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