Sir Anthony's Rest
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Sir Anthony's Rest, 2009
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| Location | Sir Anthony's Rest Street, Qunaba, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 24°50′43″S 152°25′47″E / 24.8454°S 152.4296°ECoordinates: 24°50′43″S 152°25′47″E / 24.8454°S 152.4296°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1888 |
| Built for | Vice-Regal visit |
| Official name: Sir Anthony's Rest | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 23 February 2001 |
| Reference no. | 602053 |
| Significant period | 1880s (fabric) 1880s (historical) |
 Location of Sir Anthony's Rest in Queensland
Sir Anthony's Rest (Australia)
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Sir Anthony's Rest is a heritage-listed dry-stone lookout at Sir Anthony's Rest Street, Qunaba, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built for the official visit of the Governor of Queensland, Sir Anthony Musgrave, to Bundaberg in his 1888 tour of the area. It is located on the summit of the Bundaberg Hummock hill and provides a commanding view of the surrounding Bargara canefields.
It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 February 2001.
A dry-stone rubble platform, known as Sir Anthony's Rest, was constructed during the visit of the Governor of Queensland, Sir Anthony Musgrave, to Bundaberg in his 1888 tour of the area. At this time Bundaberg was celebrating its 21st year of non-Indigenous settlement. Using South Sea Islander labour, William Gordon Farquhar of the Hummock plantation constructed a lookout for the Governor and his party facing east, with a view over the cane fields of the Shire of Woongarra. The area was part of the highest geographical point in the area, officially known as the Sloping Hummock but commonly known as simply "The Hummock" (24°50′33″S 152°25′35″E / 24.84250°S 152.42639°E).
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