Finniss, South Australia
Town in South Australia
35°23′07″S 138°49′22″E / 35.385195°S 138.82282°E / -35.385195; 138.82282[1]31 August 2000 (locality)[1]
- 55 km (34 mi) SE of Adelaide
- 13 km (8 mi) S of Goolwa
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 |
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]
References
- ^ 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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Towns and localities of the Alexandrina Council
- Angas Plains
- Ashbourne
- Belvidere
- Blackfellows Creek
- Bletchley
- Bull Creek
- Chiton
- Clayton Bay
- Currency Creek
- Dingabledinga
- Finniss
- Gemmells
- Goolwa
- Goolwa Beach
- Goolwa North
- Goolwa South
- Hartley
- Hindmarsh Island
- Highland Valley
- Hope Forest
- Kuitpo
- Kuitpo Colony
- Kyeema
- Lake Alexandrina (part)
- Lake Plains
- Langhorne Creek
- McHarg Creek
- Middleton
- Milang
- Montarra
- Mosquito Hill
- Mount Compass (part)
- Mount Magnificent
- Mount Observation
- Mount Jagged (part)
- Mundoo Island
- Nangkita
- Nurragi
- Pages Flat
- Paris Creek
- Point Sturt
- Port Elliot
- Prospect Hill
- Red Creek
- Salem
- Sandergrove
- Strathalbyn
- The Range
- Tolderol (part)
- Tooperang
- Willunga Hill
- Willyaroo
- Woodchester
- Yundi
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