| Type: | suburb |
| Wongabel | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -17.3336°N 145.4691°W |
| Pop: | 251 |
| Postcode: | 4883 |
| Area: | 43.5 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 7.9 |
| Dir1: | SSW |
| Location1: | Atherton |
| Dist2: | 13.5 |
| Dir2: | NE |
| Location2: | Herberton |
| Dist3: | 85.2 |
| Dir3: | SW |
| Location3: | Cairns |
| Dist4: | 1695 |
| Dir4: | NNW |
| Location4: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Tablelands Region |
| Stategov: | Hill |
| Fedgov: | Kennedy |
| Near-N: | Carrington |
| Near-Ne: | Atherton |
| Near-E: | East Barron |
| Near-Se: | Upper Barron |
| Near-S: | Upper Barron |
| Near-Sw: | Moomin |
| Near-W: | Watsonville |
| Near-Nw: | Carrington |
Wongabel is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Wongabel had a population of 251 people.
The Atherton–Herberton Road runs through from north to south-west.
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.
Herberton Range Provisional School opened in 1909 and closed in 1910. 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.[2]
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.[3]
In the, Wongabel had a population of 221 people.
In the, Wongabel had a population of 251 people.
There are no schools in Wongabel. The nearest government primary schools are Atherton State School in neighbouring Atherton to the north, Yungaburra State School in Yungaburra to the north-east, and Herberton State School in neighbouring Moomin to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Atherton State High School (to Year 12) in Atherton and Herberton State School (to Year 10) in Herberton to the south-west..[4]