Finniss, South Australia

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Finniss
Town
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Finniss
Coordinates: 35°23′07″S138°49′22″E / 35.385195°S 138.82282°E / -35.385195; 138.82282 [1]
Country Australia
State South Australia
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [2]
LGA
Location
Established1867 (town)
31 August 2000 (locality) [1]
Government
 •  State electorate
 •  Federal division
Elevation
[3]
34 m (112 ft)
Population
 • Total293 (SAL 2016) [4] [5]
Time zone UTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5255 [6]
County Hindmarsh [1]
Mean max temp21.7 °C (71.1 °F) [7]
Mean min temp10.3 °C (50.5 °F) [7]
Annual rainfall426.8 mm (16.80 in) [7]
Localities around Finniss
Ashbourne
Mount Observation 		Ashbourne
Sandergrove 		Nurragi
Mount Observation
Tooperang 		Finniss Nurragi
Milang
Tooperang
Currency Creek 		Currency Creek
Clayton Bay
Milang 		Milang
Locations [1] [6]
Adjoining localities [1]

Finniss (formerly Queen's Own Town) is a settlement in South Australia. [8] It is on the Victor Harbor railway line, a short distance north-east of where it crosses the Finniss River.

The town was originally surveyed with the name Queen's Own Town (after the Queens Own Regiment of Foot) [9] in 1867 as the railway line was being extended from Goolwa to Strathalbyn. The name of the town was not changed to Finniss until 1940, although the adjacent railway station had already been named Finniss [10] [3] in honour of an early surveyor and the first Premier of South Australia, Colonel Boyle Travers Finniss. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search results for "Finniss, LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetter'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Search results for "Finniss Railway Station" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', "Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Finniss (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Finniss (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. 1 2 "Finniss, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 "Summary statistics STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Queen's Own Town". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. SA0057401. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED". The Chronicle . Vol. LXXXIII, no. 4, 728. South Australia. 1 August 1940. p. 13. Retrieved 31 August 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Finniss". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. SA0023992. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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