Scone, New South Wales
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Scone is a town in the Upper Hunter Shire in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia.
Scone is named after the town of the same name in Scotland. The area was settled by European settlers in the 1840s.
Scone is in a farming area and is particularly noted for breeding racehorses.
Scone is located on the New England Highway. Neighbouring towns are Aberdeen to the east, and Murrurundi to the west along the highway, Merriwa to the south, and Gloucester to the north.
It is part of the Gwydir (federal) and Upper Hunter (state) electorates.
Scone Shire Council was merged into the Upper Hunter Shire in 2004, integrating parts of the former Murrurundi and Merriwa shire councils.
Scone has its own local newspaper, The Scone Advocate, and is served by two local radio stations, Muswellbrook's 2NM 981 AM and Power FM 98.1 FM. Local television news is provided by NBN Television, with limited services provided by Prime Television and Southern Cross Ten. ABC and SBS also have relays in the area.
The town celebrates its links with the horse industry with the Scone Horse Festival, held each year, culminating with the running of the Scone Cup, one of the richest horse races in regional Australia.