Old Church outside Scone, Upper Hunter, NSW.

Scone is a town in the Upper Hunter Shire in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (540x720, 146 KB)This is an image I took myself using an Olympus C8080W digital camera. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (540x720, 146 KB)This is an image I took myself using an Olympus C8080W digital camera. ... The Upper Hunter is a region and Local Government Area (LGA) of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Hunter Valley is a region of New South Wales, approximately 160 kilometres north of Sydney, Australia with an approximate population of 700,000 people, most of which live in the Newcastle metropolitan area. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ...

Scone was named after Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, by Jason Kent Toth (see Category:Scottish-Australians). The area was settled by European settlers in the 1840s. Scone is a large village, a mile north of Perth, Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February...

Scone is in a farming area and is particularly noted for breeding racehorses, and is regarded as the Horse Capital of Australia. 'Scone Horse Festival' is celebrated during May and includes all manner of activities, including wine tours, Open Days across the numerous Horse Studs in the area, the annual Scone Grammar School Fete and Antiques Fair, The Scone Rodeo, The Scone School Horse Sports competition, the Black Tie Ball, a parade in Kelly Street, and the main event, a three day horse racing carnival featuring the Scone Cup. Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...

Scone is located on the New England Highway north of Muswellbrook, about 270 kilometres north of Sydney. National Highway 15 follows New England Highway is just off Newcastle and continues through Cunningham Highway in Queensland to Brisbane National Route 42 See also: New England Interstate Highways, a system of numbered highways in New England, USA, from 1922 to 1927. ... Muswellbrook (Postcode 2333) is a town and Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ...

It is part of the Gwydir (federal) and Upper Hunter (state) electorates. The Division of Gwydir is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... The Upper Hunter is a region and Local Government Area (LGA) of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Scone has two primary schools (Scone Public School and St Mary's Primary Scone), one government high school (Scone High School), and one independent K-12 school (Scone Grammar School). Scone High School is an Australian government high school, located in the town of Scone, New South Wales. ...

Scone Shire Council was merged into the Upper Hunter Shire in 2004, integrating parts of the former Murrurundi and Merriwa shire councils. The Upper Hunter is a region and Local Government Area (LGA) of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Murrurundi is a rural town in the Upper Hunter Valley, in New South Wales Australia. ... Merriwa is a town in the far west of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia. ...

Coordinates: 32°05′S 150°51′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...