... ...Alexandra Avenue...The Avenue was named after his mother, Queen Alexandra.
Decades later, The Argus of November 13, 1937 would confirm Catani's Alexandra Avenue vision of a '...beautiful promenade, worthy of Melbourne,' in 'Great thoroughfares of the World' written by L.R. McLennan:
[...] Alexandra avenue, whose shadowed and dappled beauty [...] must stand, while the City of Melbourne endures, as a lasting monument to the genius, foresight, and pertinacity of Carlo Catani. ...
After more than forty-one years of public service that never ended with his retirement, through surveying and direct design, contracting, supervision, and collaborative approaches, perhaps more than any other single figure, Carlo Catani re-scaped not only parts of Melbourne, but extensive swathes of Victoria ‘from Portland to Mallacoota’, opening up swamplands to farming, bringing access to beauty spots, establishing new townships, and the roads to get us there.
