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15-526: Ellerston is a rural locality of the Upper Hunter Shire local government area , about 68 kilometres (42 mi) north-east of Scone in the Upper Upper Hunter Region of New South Wales , Australia . It is about 322 km (200 mi) from Sydney , the state capital. Ellerston Pastoral station is a large property that was owned by media mogul Kerry Packer and since his death
30-577: A grandparent , great-grandparent , great-great-grandparent and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law, the person from whom an estate has been inherited ." Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent . However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer . Some research suggests that
45-576: Is Greg McDonald. The towns of the Upper Hunter are Scone , Parkville , Aberdeen , Murrurundi , and Merriwa , as well as several villages, including Bunnan , Gundy , Moonan Flat , Ellerston , Wingen , Blandford and Cassilis . Of the towns, only Aberdeen on the Shire's southeastern border is situated on the Hunter River . The Upper Hunter Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: At
60-544: Is clear that most ancestors of humans (and any other species) are multiply related (see pedigree collapse ). Consider n = 40: the human species is more than 40 generations old, yet the number 2 , approximately 10 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans who have ever lived . Some cultures confer reverence to ancestors, both living and dead; in contrast, some more youth-oriented cultural contexts display less veneration of elders. In other cultural contexts, ancestor worship or, more accurately, ancestor veneration
75-575: Is composed of nine councillors elected by Optional Preferential Voting as a single ward . All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021 and the makeup of the council is as follows: The Upper Hunter is the largest horse-rearing region in Australia. The Burning Mountain Nature Reserve, near Wingen ,
90-401: Is exclusive and open only to members and guests, so, on some weeks, only six people play golf there. The property is like many of the properties that allegedly have low rent from the government. Allegedly, the low rent as within the newspaper in 2003 shows the farm was being provided the land at a minimal rent. Upper Hunter Shire The Upper Hunter Shire is a local government area in
105-478: Is run by other members of the Packer family. The property's primary purpose is as a cattle and sheep station, running 11,000 Hereford cattle and 6500 Merino wethers . The property also boasts some of Australia's best polo fields. In 2004, its golf course was rated number four in Australia, and, in 2020, was rated number 19 in the world by Golf Digest. The course, which was designed by Greg Norman and Bob Harrison,
120-413: Is the site of a subterranean coal seam fire that has been burning for several thousand years. The council also owns several FM rebroadcasters of Radio National and SBS Radio , under the self-help schemes run by those broadcasters. Ancestor An ancestor , also known as a forefather , fore-elder , or a forebear , is a parent or ( recursively ) the parent of an antecedent (i.e.,
135-482: The 2011 census was 6.00 percent. When compared with the total population growth of Australia for the same period, at 8.32 percent, population growth in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area was slightly lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Upper Hunter Shire was marginally lower than the national average. At the 2021 census , the proportion of residents in
150-423: The 2021 census date, compared to the national average, households in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (5.3 percent) where two or more languages are spoken (the national average was 24.8 percent); and a significantly higher proportion 89.5 percent where only English was spoken at home (the national average was 72.0 percent). Upper Hunter Shire Council
165-404: The 2021 census , there were 14,229 people in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area, of these 50.0 percent were male and 50.0 percent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.0 percent of the population, which was higher than the national and state averages of 3.4 and 3.2 percent respectively. The median age of people in the Upper Hunter Shire was 42 years, which
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#1732877062926180-642: The Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales , Australia. The Shire was formed in May 2004 from the Scone Shire and parts of Murrurundi and Merriwa shires. The mayor of the Upper Hunter Shire Council is Cr. Maurice Collison, following the sudden resignation of Wayne Bedggood as mayor and as a councillor on 9 June 2020. No reason has been given for the sudden resignation. Council's General Manager
195-402: The Upper Hunter Shire local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or English exceeded 85 percent of all residents (the national average was 62.9 percent). In excess of 29% of all residents in the Upper Hunter Shire nominated a religious affiliation with Anglican at the 2021 census , which was considerably higher than the national average of 9.8 percent. Meanwhile, as at
210-432: The average person has twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors. This might have been due to the past prevalence of polygynous relations and female hypergamy . Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2 ancestors in the n th generation before them and a total of 2 − 2 ancestors in the g generations before them. In practice, however, it
225-402: Was marginally higher than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.6 percent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.2 percent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 47.3 per cent were married and 13.1 per cent were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the Upper Hunter Shire between the 2006 census and
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