Scone

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Scone is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known as the "Horse Capital of Australia" for its prominent thoroughbred breeding industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf locality
town
climate humid subtropical climate
country Australia
distanceFromNewcastle approximately 150 kilometres northwest
distanceFromSydney approximately 270 kilometres north
electoralDistrictState Upper Hunter
electoralDivisionFederal New England
foundedAsTown 19th century
hasAirport Scone Airport NERFINISHED
hasCatholicSchool St Mary’s Primary School Scone
hasHeritageBuilding Scone Post Office
Scone Railway Station
St Luke’s Anglican Church Scone
hasHighSchool Scone High School
hasHospital Scone Hospital
hasIndustry agriculture
beef cattle farming
crop production
dairy farming
hasLibrary Scone Library
hasMuseum Scone Museum
hasPrimarySchool Scone Public School
hasRacecourse Scone Race Club
hasRailService Main North railway line
hasRiver Pages River
hostsEvent Scone Cup Racing Carnival
Scone Horse Festival
knownFor equine industry
thoroughbred horse breeding
localGovernmentArea Upper Hunter Shire
locatedIn Hunter Valley
locatedOn New England Highway NERFINISHED
namedAfter Scone, Scotland
nearbyMountainRange Liverpool Range
nearbyNationalPark Barrington Tops National Park
nickname Horse Capital of Australia
postcode 2337
primaryEconomicRole regional service centre for Upper Hunter
region Upper Hunter Region
state New South Wales
traditionalOwners Wonnarua people NERFINISHED

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Upper Hunter Shire
hasMajorTown
Hunter River catchment
includesTown
Scone ("New Scone")
nearbySettlement
Murrurundi
nearbyTown
Scone ("New Scone")
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