Bogantungan, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Bogantungan
state = qld


caption =
lga = Central Highlands Regional Council
postcode = 4702
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pop =
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stategov = Gregory
fedgov = Flynn
dist1 = 929
dir1 = NW
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 367
dir2 = W
location2= Rockhampton
dist3 = 97
dir3 = W
location3= Emerald

Bogantungan is a small township situated in central Queensland, Australia. It lies approximately 350 kilometres west of the city of Rockhampton.

The site today is just a small group of houses on the Capricorn Highway, however, the township has its place in history.

As the railway headed west from Rockhampton, a number of towns sprang up at the head of line. These towns were only intended to service the work of the crews laying the rails, but some have lasted over a century. Bogantungan was one of these. It became a town of some thousands of people, with around 30 hotels. After the line moved on, so did most of the town, to form the next settlement.

On February 26 1960, Bogantungan became the site of one of Queensland's worst train disasters. The Midlander passenger train, heading east to Rockhampton, passed over the flooded Medway Creek, just west of the town. The bridge collapsed when the train was partly over, with a number of carriages dropping into the water. A total of 4 passengers and 3 crew were killed, with 43 injured.