Catani, Victoria

Catani
Victoria

Taplins Road
Catani
Population: 519 (2006) [1]
Postcode: 3981
LGA: Shire of Cardinia
State District: Bass
Federal Division: Flinders

Catani is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2006 Census, Catani and the surrounding rural area had a population of 519.

History

Catani Post Office opened on 2 April 1923 and closed in 1981.[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] 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]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Catani (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25329&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-02-03. 
  2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11 
  3. ^ McNicoll, Ronald (1979). "Catani, Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico (1852–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/catani-carlo-giorgio-domenico-enrico-5532. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  4. ^ Full Points Footy, Catani, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/catani.htm, retrieved 2009-04-15 
  5. ^ www.kwrsc.vic.edu.au
Suburbs of the Shire of Cardinia