Wongabel is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.

[3] 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.

[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.