Wongabel Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 17°20′01″S 145°28′09″E / 17.3336°S 145.4691°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 221 ( 2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 5.080/km2 (13.16/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4883 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 43.5 km2 (16.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Tablelands Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Wongabel is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Wongabel had a population of 221 people. [1]
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]
The Atherton–Herberton Road runs through from north to south-west. [6]