Hundred of Finniss (South Australia)
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This article is about the South Australian land division. For the Northern Territory land division, see Hundred of Finniss (Northern Territory).
Cadastral in South Australia
| Finniss South Australia | |
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| Hundred of Finniss, 1894 | |
Finniss is located in South Australia Finniss Finniss | |
| Coordinates | 34°51′32′′S 139°17′42′′E / 34.859°S 139.295°E / -34.859; 139.295 |
| Established | 19 April 1860 |
| Area | 330 km2 (126 sq mi) |
| County | Sturt |
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Lands administrative divisions around Finniss: Tungkillo
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The Hundred of Finniss is a cadastral unit of hundred. It is in South Australia, on the west bank of the lower Murray River.[1] It is one of the ten hundreds of the County of Sturt. The main population centre in the hundred is the township of Mannum, a river port. Apart from Mannum and Port Mannum, other localities within the hundred are Punthari in the north, Frayville and Apamurra in the west, the riverside hamlets of Pellaring Flat and Zadows Landing in the east, and parts of Wall Flat, Milendella, Tepko, and Caloote.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Hundred of Finniss". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0024018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
Derivation of Name: Colonel Boyle Travers Finniss; Other Details: Finniss was an assistant to Colonel William Light, the second Commissioner of Police, then M.L.C. 1847-1862. Area 126 square miles.
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