Finniss, South Australia

Finniss
South Australia
Finniss is located in South Australia
Finniss
Finniss
Coordinates35°23′07″S 138°49′22″E / 35.385195°S 138.82282°E / -35.385195; 138.82282[1]
Population293 (SAL 2016)[2][3]
Established1867 (town)
31 August 2000 (locality)[1]
Postcode(s)5255[4]
Elevation34 m (112 ft)[5]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council[1]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[6]
CountyHindmarsh[1]
State electorate(s)Finniss
Federal division(s)Mayo
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
21.7 °C
71 °F		 10.3 °C
51 °F		 426.8 mm
16.8 in
Localities around Finniss:
Ashbourne
Mount Observation		 Ashbourne
Sandergrove		 Nurragi
Mount Observation
Tooperang		 Finniss Nurragi
Milang
Tooperang
Currency Creek		 Currency Creek
Clayton Bay
Milang		 Milang
FootnotesLocations[1][4]
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][5] in honour of an early surveyor and the first Premier of South Australia, Colonel Boyle Travers Finniss.[11]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "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. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Finniss (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Finniss (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b "Finniss, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b "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.
  6. ^ "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "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. 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.