Finley, New South Wales
Finley | |
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Murray Street (Newell Highway), the main street of Finley | |
Finley | |
| Coordinates: 35°38′0″S 145°34′0″E / 35.63333°S 145.56667°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| Elevation | 107 m (351 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,455 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 2713 |
| County | Denison |
Finley /ˈfɪnli/ is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, on Yorta Yorta Country. Finley is the largest town in the Berrigan Shire local government area. At the 2021 census, Finley had a population of 2,455.
The town is located approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) west of Albury on the intersection of the Newell Highway and Riverina Highways. When a settlement was established, it was named Finley after the person who surveyed 1.2 million hectares of the Riverina district in the 1870s. Prior to that, one of the words for the area was "Carawatha", a word for "place of pines" in Wiradjuri language.