... After years of fundraising for a memorial to Victoria’s beloved engineer artist, St Kilda raised the clocktower of Carlo’s dream in pride of place, positioned to encompass a view of his most celebrated works. ...
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.
