Catani, Victoria

Catani
Victoria

Taplins Road
Catani
Coordinates 38°11′S 145°39′E / 38.183°S 145.650°E / -38.183; 145.650Coordinates: 38°11′S 145°39′E / 38.183°S 145.650°E / -38.183; 145.650
Population 265 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 3981
LGA(s) Shire of Cardinia
State electorate(s) Bass
Federal Division(s) Flinders

Catani is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Catani and the surrounding rural area had a population of 265.[1]

History

Catani Post Office opened on 2 April 1923 and closed in 1981.[2]

The town was named after Carlo Catani, a civil engineer who worked on the draining of the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp.[3]

Today

Catani has an Australian Rules football team playing in the Ellinbank & District Football League.[4] The town also has netball, cricket and tennis teams running during their season. A school bus that runs throughout the town twice a day for students at Kooweerup Secondary college.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "2011 Census QuickStats: Catani". Australia Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
  3. ↑ McNicoll, Ronald (1979). "Catani, Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico (1852–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Full Points Footy, Catani, retrieved 2009-04-15
  5. ↑ http://www.kwrsc.vic.edu.au
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