The spelling of the town's name is problematic: "Finniss" was used for earliest land sales and should be correct if it were named for
Boyle Travers Finniss (though he was originally "Finnis"). The alternative spelling was, however, too common to be ignored, especially by the nearby
Kapunda Herald in the 1920s, when it was the norm. As B. T. Finniss was well known in the colony and it may have been a common spelling error. Some reports use both "Finnis" and "Finniss" in the same article, as early as 1858. ==References==