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| Catani Victoria |
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 Taplins Road |
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 Catani
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| Population: | 519 (2006) [1] |
| Postcode: | 3981 |
| LGA: | Shire of Cardinia |
| State District: | Bass |
| Federal Division: | Flinders |
Catani is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2006 Census, Catani and the surrounding rural area had a population of 519.
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Catani (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25329&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ McNicoll, Ronald (1979). "Catani, Carlo Giorgio Domenico Enrico (1852–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/catani-carlo-giorgio-domenico-enrico-5532. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ Full Points Footy, Catani, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/catani.htm, retrieved 2009-04-15
- ^ www.kwrsc.vic.edu.au
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