| Type: | suburb |
| Wongabel | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -17.3336°N 145.4691°W |
| Pop: | 251 |
| Postcode: | 4883 |
| Area: | 43.5 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| 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.[1]
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.