Caloote, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Caloote
State:sa
Lga:Mid Murray Council
Lga2:Rural City of Murray Bridge
Coordinates:-34.9642°N 139.26°W
Postcode:5254
Est:1885
Stategov:Schubert
Stategov2:Hammond
Fedgov:Barker
Near-N:Mannum
Near-E:Ponde
Near-Se:Zadows Landing, Wall Flat
Near-S:Mypolonga
Near-Sw:Pallamana
Near-W:Tepko

Caloote is a town and its surrounding locality on the right bank of the Murray River in the Mid Murray Council in South Australia. The southern extent of the locality is in the Rural City of Murray Bridge.

Caloote was developed as a private subdivision in 1885 by Carl C Rathmann.[1]

A Citizens' Military Force training campsite was established at Caloote in the early 1950s.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Caloote . Property Location Browser Report . Government of South Australia . 15 October 2009 . SA0011722 . 17 June 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 .
  2. News: Army Engineers For Caloote . . 94 . 5,320 . Adelaide . 6 December 1951 . 17 June 2017 . 8 . National Library of Australia.