Historical People

People create townships and communities. Some of the people who created and contributed to the township and history of Scone include:

• Hugh Cameron: 1775 – 1851
  A local farmer who put forward the name Scone.

• Allan Cunningham: 1791 – 1839
  The first European explorer to travel through the Scone area.

• Aubrey Dobson
  Aubrey was possibly the youngest soldier in the Boer War from Scone and also Scone’s first film maker.

• Richard Kelly: 1800 – 1879
  The main street of Scone, Kelly Street, is named after Richard Kelly.

• William Nowland: 1804 – 1884
  Discovered the pass over the Liverpool Range, still known as Nowland’s Gap.

• Mark Twain: 1835 – 1910
  Visited Scone on December 19, 1895 as part of his world lecture tour.

….much more to come.