Radar Hill, Mount Surprise

Radar Hill
Remains of the radar station, 2004
LocationGulf Developmental Road, Mount Surprise, Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates18°07′13″S 144°20′52″E / 18.1204°S 144.3479°E / -18.1204; 144.3479
Design period1939 - 1945 (World War II)
BuiltAbout August 1943
Official nameNo.53 RDF Station, Radar Hill
Typestate heritage (built, archaeological)
Designated12 July 2005
Reference no.602259
Significant period1943 (fabric)
1943–1945 (historical)
Significant componentssentry post/s, pole/s - telephone, tower - radar, camouflage net securing points, barbed wire, bunker - concrete, slab/s - concrete, pit - weapons, cable - power, terracing, machinery/plant/equipment - defence, machine gun mounting
BuildersAllied Works Council
Radar Hill, Mount Surprise is located in Queensland
Radar Hill, Mount Surprise
Location of Radar Hill in Queensland
Radar Hill, Mount Surprise is located in Australia
Radar Hill, Mount Surprise
Radar Hill, Mount Surprise (Australia)

Radar Hill is a heritage-listed radar station at Gulf Developmental Road, Mount Surprise, Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. It was built about August 1943 by the Allied Works Council. It is also known as No. 53 RDF Station. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 July 2005.[1]

  1. ^ "No.53 RDF Station (entry 602259)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.