Wandoan /ˈwɒndoʊ.ən/ is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

It is on the Leichhardt Highway about halfway between Taroom and Miles and is the centre for the local cattle industry.

This area, defined in accordance with the 1847 Orders-in-Council, falls far short of the actual size of the holding, which has been estimated at 449 square miles (1,160 km2)—five and a half times as much.

Frederick Walker wrote to the Colonial Secretary of Queensland describing how after a number of aboriginals were declared innocent of involvement at Hornet Bank by a bench of magistrates at Juandah, local whites proceeded to murder them.

Two aboriginals were kept alive in order to bury the corpses and once this was done, one of them was shot and the other was spared as "possibly the supply of cartridges was running short".

[8] After World War II, land around Wandoan was used for soldier settlements through ballots in the 1950s.

[11][12] The town's economy is traditionally based on agriculture, including wheat, sorgum and cattle.

However, mining for coal and gas are growing industries, increasing the population and facilities in Wandoan.