Finnis Point

Finniss Point
South Australia
Finniss Point
Coordinates34°13′55″S 138°49′09″E / 34.2319°S 138.8191°E / -34.2319; 138.8191
Postcode(s)5373
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys
State electorate(s)Frome
Federal division(s)Grey

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.

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. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was opened early in 1864. It was one of fourteen churches in the Kapunda Circuit listed in 1863 and the congregation held its first anniversary in October 1864. It was still operating into the early 1940s. The church was on the corner of Finnis Point Road and Leeward Road, and is now a private residence.

Frederick Hannaford MHA had a farm on Finnis Point Road, some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Riverton.

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