Caltowie is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia.

[2] It is on the Wilkins Highway and the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill railway line between Gladstone and Jamestown.

Caltowie was first known to European settlers as 'Carcowie' (meaning lizard's water hole), and became a popular stop for teamsters where they crossed the Yackamoorundie Creek.

[3] The Government Town of Caltowie was surveyed in 1871 at the centre of the Hundred of Caltowie a few months after the hundred had been proclaimed.

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