Caloote | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 34°57′51″S 139°15′36″E / 34.96417°S 139.26000°E / -34.96417; 139.26000 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1885 | ||||||||||||
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| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 133 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5254 | ||||||||||||
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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.[3]
A Citizens' Military Force training campsite was established at Caloote in the early 1950s.[4]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Caloote (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Caloote (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Placename Details: Caloote". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 15 October 2009. SA0011722. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Army Engineers For Caloote". The Chronicle. Vol. 94, no. 5, 320. Adelaide. 6 December 1951. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
