Wongabel
Queensland
Wongabel is located in Queensland
Wongabel
Wongabel
Coordinates17°20′01″S 145°28′09″E / 17.3336°S 145.4691°E / -17.3336; 145.4691 (Wongabel (centre of locality))
Population221 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density5.080/km2 (13.16/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4883
Area43.5 km2 (16.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Tablelands Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Wongabel:
Carrington Carrington Atherton
Watsonville Wongabel East Barron
Moomin Upper Barron Upper Barron

Wongabel is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Wongabel had a population of 221 people.[1]

History

The locality takes its name from the Wongabel railway station, named on 20 October 1910 by the Queensland Railway Department. It is an Aboriginal word meaning wood pigeon.[2]

Herberton Range Provisional School opened in 1909 and closed in 1910.[3] It was a tent school to provide schooling for the children of railway workers living in railway camps during the construction of the railway through the Herberton Range.[4]

In World War II as part of the Atherton Project, tent encampments were established by the Australian Army (6th and 7th Divisions) near Wongabel, Wondecla and Ravenshoe.[5]

In the 2016 census Wongabel had a population of 221 people.[1]

Geography

The Atherton–Herberton Road runs through from north to south-west.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wongabel (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Wongabel – locality in Tablelands Region (entry 48938)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ "Tent Schools". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXV, no. 15, 971. Queensland, Australia. 20 March 1909. p. 4. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "The Australilan Army". Queensland WWII Historic Places. Queensland Government. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Google (27 July 2023). "Wongabel, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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