Download coordinates as: Mingela is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

[4] Prior to 16 March 1931, it was known as Ravenswood Junction railway station.

[4] Mingela has the following mountains (from north to south): The area was originally called Cunningham and then Ravenswood Junction.

[2] Ravenswood Junction Provisional School opened on 3 January 1882.

The nearest government secondary school is Charters Towers State High School in Charters Towers City to the south-west..[15] The Mingela branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the CWA Hall on the corner of Ravenswood Street and Towers Street (19°52′47″S 146°38′05″E / 19.8798°S 146.6348°E / -19.8798; 146.6348 (Mingela CWA Hall)).