Wonga may refer to:

Events

2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt The 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt, also known as the Wonga Coup, failed to replace President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo with exiled opposition politician Severo Moto Nsá. Mercenaries organised by mainly British financiers were ...

, or the Wonga coup * Wonga, a contest on ''

The Big Breakfast ''The Big Breakfast'' is a British breakfast light entertainment television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4 from 1992 to 2002, and as a revival from 2021 to 2022. The show had various presenters, starting with Chris Evans (presenter), ...

'' television show

Life forms

Wonga pigeon The wonga pigeon or wonga wonga (''Leucosarcia melanoleuca'') is a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia. Distribution and habitat Previously they ...

(''Leucosarcia melanoleuca''), an Australian bird * One of two climbing plants in ''

Pandorea ''Pandorea'' is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae and is native to Australia, Malesia, New Guinea and New Caledonia. Plants in the genus ''Pandorea'' are mostly woody climbers with Pinnation, imparipinnate l ...

'': ** '' P. pandorana'' (wonga vine), endemic to Australia, Melanesia and Malesia ** '' P. baileyana'' (large-leaved wonga), endemic to eastern Australia

Places in Australia

Queensland

* Wonga, Queensland, a town * Wonga Beach, Queensland, a locality

Victoria

* Wonga, a town in

South Gippsland Shire The Shire of South Gippsland is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the south-eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 29,576. It includes the towns of Leongatha, Korumburr ...

Wonga Park, Victoria Wonga Park is a locality on the edge of Greater Melbourne, beyond the Melbourne Metropolitan Urban Growth Boundary area, north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Manningham and Maroondah and the Shir ...

, a suburb of Melbourne *

Arthurs Seat, Victoria Arthurs Seat is a mountainous and small locality on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, about 85 km south east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, loca ...

, a hill and locality ()

Other uses

* Wonga, a British slang term for money ** Wonga.com, a payday loan firm (2006–2020) *

Simon Wonga Simon Wonga (c. 1824–1874), ngurungaeta and son of Billibellary, was an elder of the Wurundjeri people, who lived in the Melbourne area of Australia before European settlement. He was resolute that his people would survive the "onslaught" of ...