#OnThisDay 5 September 1837 Scone, in the Upper Hunter, was gazetted as a village.
With a population of 5,500 people, Scone is known as the Horse Capital of Australia »
At the time of white settlement in 1827, the two tribes in the Scone district were the Tullong and Murrain, which were part of the Geawegal clan. Aboriginal history of Scone »
Source: scone.com.au (2017). 180 years on
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