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Isaac Douglas Hermann & Heather Arnold
Carlo Catani: An engineering star over Victoria
... Piers... the St Kilda foreshore and would see a sea wall built out of rubble between St Kilda Pier and Captain Kenny’s Bathing Ship. These works allowed for the creation of the Pier Lawns around the St Kilda Yacht Club by 1896. In 1899, a bluestone wall was set ...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.
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Postcards: Stories from the Mornington Peninsula
... Sorrento pier...Postcard: 'Passengers Leaving Boat, Dromana Pier', c. 1905...The Sorrento pier was constructed in 1870 mainly for vessels engaged in transporting lime to Melbourne. By 1886 the regular steamship service was capable of carrying well over 3,000 passengers a day on the paddle steamers Ozone, Hygeia and Weeroona...Holiday-making became popular in the late 19th Century. People would travel by paddle steamer to Dromana pier. ...Stories of a time in history when holidaying was a grand pastime, and when special and unique places in Victoria began to be appreciated, celebrated and shared in that iconic mode of communication: the picture postcard.
Inspired by postcards in their collections, eight historical societies developed themes to explore the history of the Mornington Peninsula.
This story is based on a touring exhibition which was initiated by the Mornington Peninsula Local History Network and the Mornington Peninsula Shire.