scone.com.auScone History
Mark Twain, author of The Adventures of Huckleburry Finn, credited as the father of American literature1 and the greatest humourist America has produced2 visited Scone on December 19,
This is the earliest surviving map of Scone; a plan from 1836. There had already been settlement in the area with the village of Redbank on the west banks of Kingdon Ponds,
Scone is a country town which is fortunate to be growing. The earliest map found of the town is a planning map from 1836,
Kingdon Ponds was the site of the earliest settlement in the Scone area, with the first pioneers gravitating to the water source.
Scone is in the County of Brisbane, which was one of nineteen counties in New South Wales approved by Governor Darling for settlement on October 14,
Hugh Cameron was a local farmer who recommended the name Scone to the surveyor general,
People create townships and communities. Some of the people who created and contributed to the township and history of Scone include:
- Hugh Cameron: 1775 –
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The most photographed mare and foal in Australia would have to be the beautiful Gabriel Sterk bronze sculpture in Elizabeth Park,
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Elizabeth Park is well known for the beautiful bronze sculpture of Scone Mare and Foal by Gabriel Sterk.
While Aboriginal people have lived in the area for thousands of years and today still have a strong presence in Muswellbrook and Singleton,