Scone is a town in the Upper Hunter Shire in the
Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. At
the 2006 census, Scone had a population of 4,624
people. It is on the New England Highway north of
Muswellbrook about 270 kilometres north of
Sydney, and is part of the Hunter (federal) and
Upper Hunter (state) electorates. Scone is in a
farming area and is also noted for breeding
Thoroughbred racehorses.