Finnis Point
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Finnis Point (or Finniss Point) is a hill in the Belvidere Range and historic locality on the western side, a few kilometres south of Riverton, west of Hamilton and north of Tarlee in South Australia.[1]
A small town of the same name once lay about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) due northwest of the peak at the north end of Finnis Point Road. A school operated there from 1864 to 1893.[2] A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was opened early in 1864.[3] It was one of fourteen churches in the Kapunda Circuit listed in 1863[4] and the congregation held its first anniversary in October 1864.[5] It was still operating into the early 1940s.[6] The church was on the corner of Finnis Point Road and Leeward Road, and is now a private residence.[7]
Frederick Hannaford MHA had a farm on Finnis Point Road, some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Riverton.[citation needed]
Etymology
The spelling of the town's name is problematic: "Finniss" was used for earliest land sales
References
- ^ "Map of Finnis Point". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Manning index of South Australian placenames". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN FLORA". South Australian Register. Vol. XXVIII, no. 5400. South Australia. 18 February 1864. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- Kapunda Herald. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 3, 120. South Australia. 7 February 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 10 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- The South Australian Advertiser. Vol. VII, no. 1950. South Australia. 26 October 1864. p. 5. Retrieved 10 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- Kapunda Herald. Vol. LXXVI, no. 5, 146. South Australia. 16 May 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 10 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Riverton, South Australia". graememoad.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Last Thursday's Government Land Sale". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 8 March 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 27 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- The South Australian Advertiser. Vol. I, no. 137. South Australia. 17 December 1858. p. 2. Retrieved 11 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.