Rotary Park is a lovely quiet spot that boasts several pieces of Scone's history. Our favourite is the Cook Fountain. It was presented to Scone by Thomas Cook in 1901 to commemorate the federation of Australia. It originally stood at the intersection of Kelly St and Liverpool St (which is now the traffic lights). In 1927 it was moved to a site at the Northern end of Kelly St, but without the light and troughs. It was moved again in 1977 to it's current site in Rotary Park and restored to its original design by Mr T. A. Cook, a grand-nephew of Thomas Cook.
At the other end of the park you will also find a stone bench erected in 1957 to commemorate Allan Cunningham, an explorer who discovered many features of the area, and a stone memorial, also erected in 1957, for John Graham, a local man who was killed when bushrangers raided the town in 1840.