| Wongabel Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Wongabel | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°20′01″S145°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]
The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau, which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River, which was dammed to form the irrigation reservoir named Lake Tinaroo.
Atherton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Atherton had a population of 7,331 people.
Herberton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Herberton had a population of 855 people.
Tolga is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Tolga had a population of 2,718 people.
Malanda is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Malanda had a population of 1,985 people. The economy is based upon agriculture and tourism.
Kairi is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Kairi had a population of 442 people.
Ravenshoe is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,332 people.
The Shire of Atherton was a local government area of Queensland. It was located on the Atherton Tableland, a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range west of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Atherton, covered an area of 623.1 square kilometres (240.6 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1881 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region.
The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January 2014, one of those local government areas, the Shire of Mareeba, was re-established independent of the Tablelands Region.
Evelyn is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Evelyn had a population of 241 people.
Watsonville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Watsonville had a population of 191 people.
Wondecla is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Wondecla had a population of 638 people.
Carrington is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Carrington had a population of 190 people.
Tarzali is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Tarzali had a population of 398 people.
Tumoulin is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Tumoulin had a population of 109 people.
Upper Barron is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Upper Barron had a population of 503 people.
Moomin is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Moomin had a population of 133 people.
Moregatta is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Moregatta had a population of 9 people.
Kalunga is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Kalunga had a population of 95 people.
Atherton–Herberton–Longlands Gap Road is a continuous 33.5-kilometre (20.8 mi) road route in the Tablelands local government area of Queensland, Australia. It has two official names, Atherton–Herberton Road and Longlands Gap–Herberton Road. The entire route is signed as part of State Route 52. Both parts are state-controlled district roads, numbered 663 and 665, and the entire road is rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).
