Why Upper Hunter?
Horse country, a coal seam that has burned for thousands of years and a Wonnarua story. Every fact sourced.
- A fire under the mountain
Burning Mountain, near Wingen, is the site of a coal seam fire that has burned underground for several thousand years.Source: Wikipedia
- Wonnarua Country
Upper Hunter Shire Council acknowledges the Wonnarua people as the traditional keepers of this land, and carries its acknowledgement in the Wonnarua language.Source: Upper Hunter Shire Council
- An early book society
The Scone Book Society, formed in 1841, was one of the first educational groups in New South Wales.Source: Wikipedia
- Horse capital of Australia
Scone is called the 'Horse capital of Australia'.Source: Wikipedia
- A novel set on Belltrees
Patrick White drew on the Belltrees property for his 1973 novel The Eye of the Storm.Source: Wikipedia
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