Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico Catani (22 April 1852 – 20 July 1918) was a

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

who worked in Australia for the Victorian Government for the majority of his career. He oversaw many projects, including: *the draining of the Koo-Wee-Rup swamp *widening and improvement of the

Yarra River The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, (Kulin languages: ''Berrern'', ''Birr-arrung'', ''Bay-ray-rung'', ''Birarang'', ''Birrarung'', and ''Wongete'') is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stre ...

upstream from

Princes Bridge Princes Bridge, originally Prince's Bridge,, ''...he wished that it might be distinguished by the name of "Prince's Bridge," in honour of the Prince of Wales, whom he hoped would yet be the Sovereign of their colonies...'' is a bridge in centra ...

, Alexandra Avenue and the laying out and planting of the Alexandra Gardens *roads to Arthurs Seat and to

Mount Donna Buang Mount Donna Buang is a mountain in the southern reaches of the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, located in the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Approximately from Melbourne with an elevation of , Mount Donna Buan ...

*the Elwood Canal *

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...

levees ( Strathmerton district) *

Lake Catani Lake Catani is an artificial lake in the Mount Buffalo National Park in Victoria, Australia. It was constructed in 1910 under the supervision and probably design of the Victorian Public Works engineer, Carlo Catani, to provide recreational facilit ...

Mount Buffalo Mount Buffalo is a mountain plateau of the Australian Alps and is within the Mount Buffalo National Park in Victoria, Australia. It is located approximately northeast of Melbourne. It is noted for its dramatic scenery. The summit of the highes ...

*reclamation and the layout of the St Kilda foreshore. The township of Catani, Victoria,

at Mt Buffalo and Catani Gardens in St. Kilda, are named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Catani, Carlo 1852 births 1918 deaths Engineers from Melbourne Australian civil engineers Engineers from Florence Italian civil engineers Italian expatriates in Australia