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) | ||||||||||||||
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| 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]