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.
| Finniss South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Finniss | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°23′07″S 138°49′22″E / 35.385195°S 138.82282°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 293 (SAL 2016)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1867 (town) 31 August 2000 (locality)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5255[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 34 m (112 ft)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Alexandrina Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[6] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Hindmarsh[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Finniss | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[1][4] Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
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]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Finniss (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Finniss (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Finniss, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "Summary statistics STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Queen's Own Town". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. SA0057401. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Finniss". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. SA0023992. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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