Carlo Catani

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| name = Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico Catani

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| caption = Memorial statue and plaque honouring Carlo Catani, St. Kilda, Victoria

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| birth_place = Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1918|07|20|1852|04|22}}

| death_place = St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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| occupation = Civil engineer

| years_active = 1876–1917

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Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico Catani (22 April 1852 – 20 July 1918) was a civil engineer who, for the majority of his career, worked in Australia for the Victorian State Government.

He was born in Florence, Italy, and gained a civil engineering diploma at the Technical Institute there. After working in railway construction, he migrated to New Zealand in 1876, but left for Melbourne almost immediately. Within a few weeks, he joined the Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey as a draughtsman. In 1882, he transferred to the Public Works Department, and became head of his section in 1892.{{cite AuDB |first=Ronald |last=McNicholl |title=Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico Catani (1852–1918) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/catani-carlo-giorgio-domenico-enrico-5532 |volume=7 |year=1979 |access-date=2024-02-22}}

Catani oversaw many civil engineering projects, including:

• the draining of the Koo-Wee-Rup swamp
• the widening and improvement of the Yarra River upstream from Princes Bridge, Alexandra Avenue and the laying out and planting of the Alexandra Gardens
• the making of roads to Arthurs Seat and to Mount Donna Buang
• the construction of the Elwood Canal{{citation

|title=Elwood Canal Precinct

|url=http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/default/CommunityGovernanceDocuments/Elwood_Canal_Precinct.pdf

|year=2004

|accessdate= 2011-08-25

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• the construction of Murray River levees in the Strathmerton district
• the construction of Lake Catani on Mount Buffalo
• the reclamation and the layout of the St Kilda foreshore.{{citation

|title = Italian Delegation to Honour Carlo Catani, Designer of the St Kilda Foreshore

|url = http://www.skhs.org.au/~SKHSarticles/articles/Carlo_Catani.html

|date = 2001-11-21

|accessdate = 2011-08-25

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061938/http://www.skhs.org.au/~SKHSarticles/articles/Carlo_Catani.html#

|archive-date = 28 September 2007

|url-status = dead

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