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In 1843 the Church of England’s first Bishop of Australia, William Grant Broughton, visited Scone as part of a tour of his diocese and was “mortified”
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The film The Shiralee was shot in Scone in 1956 and was the location for the Australasian premiere the following year.
William Nowland was a farmer from Singleton, who discovered the pass over the Liverpool Range,
In 1957, the Scone and Upper Hunter Historical Society erected a monument to botanist and explorer,
The main street of Scone, Kelly Street, is named after Richard Kelly a sea captain who was given a grant of 1920 acres by Governor Darling in 1826,
Boer War
Aubrey was one of Scone’s first soldiers, having served in the Boer War.
In 1823, the first recorded European person travelled into the Scone area, reaching the upper Dartbrook and Murrurundi area;
Some of the notable and interesting events which occurred throughout the history of Scone:
This map of Scone in 1933, shows the delineation between Scone – the public town and St Aubins,