Wongabel
Suburbs around Wongabel: | ||
Carrington | Carrington | Atherton |
Watsonville | Wongabel | East Barron |
Moomin | Upper Barron | Upper Barron |
Wongabel is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Wongabel had a population of 251 people.[1]
Geography
The Atherton–Herberton Road runs through from north to south-west.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
Demographics
In the 2016 census Wongabel had a population of 221 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, Wongabel had a population of 251 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wongabel (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Wongabel – locality in Tablelands Region (entry 48938)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Google (27 July 2023). "Wongabel, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Australilan Army". Queensland WWII Historic Places. Queensland Government. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wongabel (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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