Carlo Catani

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Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico Catani
Born	(1852-04-22)April 22, 1852 Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died	July 20, 1920(1920-07-20) (aged 68) St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	civil engineer
Years active	1876–1917

Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico Catani (22 April 1852–20 July1918) was a civil engineer who worked in Australia for the Victorian Government for the majority of his career.^[1]

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 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 and Lake Catani at Mt buffalo, are named after him.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 McNicholl, Ronald (1979). "Catani, Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico (1852–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
↑ Elwood Canal Precinct, 2004, retrieved 2011-08-25
↑ Italian Delegation to Honour Carlo Catani, Designer of the St Kilda Foreshore, 2001-11-21, retrieved 2011-08-25

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Name	Catani, Carlo
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Date of birth	22 April 1852
Place of birth	Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Date of death	20 July 1920
Place of death	St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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