District Council of Caltowie explained

The District Council of Caltowie was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Caltowie and surrounding cadastral Hundred of Caltowie. It came into operation on 28 February 1878, with the first five councillors appointed by proclamation.^{[1] [2]} The town and hundred had both been laid out in 1872.^[3] The council initially met in local hotels, leased private offices for a period, and met at Hornsdale Station for a year, before constructing purpose-built council offices in Charles Street, Caltowie, in 1896.

The council was initially divided into four wards: Central, South-Western and North-Western, electing one councillor, and Eastern, electing two councillors. It gained the previously unincorporated Hundred of Tarcowie under the District Councils Act 1887, which resulted in a system of ten councillors representing as many wards. By 1904, this had been reduced to six councillors representing one ward each. The council was responsible for an area of nearly 200 square miles in that year.

The District Council of Caltowie was abolished on 1 May 1935, when it amalgamated with the District Council of Belalie and the Hundred of Mannanarie from the District Council of Yongala to form the District Council of Jamestown.

Chairmen of the District Council of Caltowie

• T. Williams (1878–1879)
• E. Seikmann (1879–1881)
• T. Williams (1883) ^[4]
• A. McCallum (1890–1892) ^{[5] [6] [7]}
• J. G. Lehmann (1897) ^[8]
• A. Kerr (1903–1904) ^[9]
• M. F. Leahy (1928–1931) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. News: DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CALTOWIE. . . X . 2788 . Adelaide . 2 March 1878 . 27 March 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
2. Web site: A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 . Local Government Association of South Australia . 2012 . 30 October 2015 . Marsden, Susan . 41.
3. News: CALTOWIE. . . XV . 807 . South Australia . 12 August 1904 . 27 March 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: DISTRICT COUNCIL--CALTOWIE. . . V . 566 . South Australia . 23 June 1883 . 27 March 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: Caltowie District Council. . . I . 46 . South Australia . 21 February 1890 . 27 March 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: DISTRICT COUNCILS. . . XII . 1050 . South Australia . 29 July 1891 . 27 March 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: Caltowie District Council. . . XVI . 1,295 . South Australia . 10 June 1892 . 27 March 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
8. News: Caltowie District Council. . . IX . 446 . South Australia . 15 October 1897 . 27 March 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
9. News: CALTOWIE. . . 46 . 2,353 . Adelaide . 26 September 1903 . 27 March 2016 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
10. News: DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CALTOWIE. . . XLXI . 3099 . South Australia . 20 July 1928 . 27 March 2016 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
11. News: DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CALTOWIE. . . XLXII . 3178 . South Australia . 29 November 1929 . 27 March 2016 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
12. News: DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CALTOWIE. . . XLXIII . 3218 . South Australia . 19 September 1930 . 27 March 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
13. News: DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CALTOWIE. . . LV . 3232 . South Australia . 23 January 1931 . 27 March 2016 . 1 . National Library of Australia.