Wongabel

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

Wongabel
Queensland
Wongabel is located in Queensland
Wongabel
Wongabel
Coordinates17.3336°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

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. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wongabel (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  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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