Dingo, Queensland

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Dingo
Queensland
Dingo grain silos December 2017.jpg
Grain silos at Dingo, 2017
Dingo is located in Queensland
Dingo
Dingo
Coordinates23°38′42″S 149°19′53″E / 23.645°S 149.3313°E / -23.645; 149.3313 (Dingo (town centre))Coordinates: 23°38′42″S 149°19′53″E / 23.645°S 149.3313°E / -23.645; 149.3313 (Dingo (town centre))
Population340 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.2104/km2 (0.545/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4702
Area1,616.2 km2 (624.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Central Highlands Region
State electorate(s)Gregory
Federal division(s)Flynn
Localities around Dingo:
Jellinbah Alsace Mackenzie
Bluff Dingo Goowarra
Stewarton
Blackdown		 Wooroona Wallaroo
Coomoo

Dingo is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Dingo had a population of 340 people.[1]

Geography[]

The town is on the Capricorn Highway, 759 kilometres (472 mi) by road north-west of the state capital Brisbane and 148 kilometres (92 mi) by road west of the regional centre of Rockhampton. The Fitzroy Developmental Road runs north-west from the Capricorn Highway.[4]

The Central Western railway line passes through the locality with two stations (from west to east):

History[]

A bronze sculpture of a dingo located in the township of Dingo, 2017

The town was surveyed in 1889 and took its name from the nearby Dingo Creek.[3] For a time in 1940 the town was known as Remo.[3] Dingo Post Office opened on 1 October 1876.[7]

Dingo Provisional School opened on 29 May 1876. On 22 January 1877 it became Dingo State School.[8][9][10]

In 1973, a population of Bridled nail-tail wallabies (Onychogalea fraenata) was found in the Dingo area by a fencing contractor. Until this sighting the species was thought to be extinct having not been seen since 1937. The area where the wallabies was rediscovered was protected as Taunton National Park.[11]

On 31 January 1997, Duaringa Shire mayor Tom Hall unveiled a bronze sculpture of a dingo in Normanby Street opposite the library (

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23°38′50″S 149°19′57″E / 23.6473°S 149.3325°E / -23.6473; 149.3325 (Statue of a dingo)). The sculpture was created by Gaye Porter.[12] A plaque attached below the statue explains how pioneer Moses Wafer named the area after hearing dingos howling during the night while camped near the present-day site of the town.[12]

In the 2006 census, Dingo had a population of 263 people.[13]

In the 2011 census, Dingo had a population of 342 people.[14]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Dingo had a population of 340 people.[1]

Education[]

Dingo State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls on the corner of Kennedy amd Normanby Streets (

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23°38′44″S 149°19′49″E / 23.6455°S 149.3302°E / -23.6455; 149.3302 (Dingo State School)).[15][16] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 47 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).[17]

Amenities[]

The Central Highlands Regional Council operates a public library at 10 Normanby Street (

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23°38′50″S 149°19′57″E / 23.6471°S 149.3326°E / -23.6471; 149.3326 (Dingo public library)).[18]

Events[]

In August each year, the Dingo Race Club holds the annual Dingo Race Day and World Dingo Trap Throwing Competition at Bauman Park (

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23°39′03″S 149°20′45″E / 23.6509°S 149.3458°E / -23.6509; 149.3458 (Bauman Park)).[19] The event was attended by 2000 people in 2019 when it celebrated its 30th anniversary.[20] This figure grew to 4,000 when the event returned in 2021 after being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21][22]

Notable residents[]

Australian rugby league player Ben Hunt grew up in Dingo.[23]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dingo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Dingo – town in Central Highlands Region (entry 9993)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Dingo – locality in Central Highlands Region (entry 46946)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ Google (13 August 2019). "Dingo, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Dingo – railway station in the Central Highlands Region (entry 9995)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  7. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  10. ^ "Our school". Dingo State School. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Bridled nailtail wallaby". Department of Environment and Resource Management (Queensland). Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  12. ^ a b Dingo: The Animal and Town (commemorative plaque below bronze statue). Dingo, Queensland: Duaringa Shire Council. 1997.
  13. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Dingo". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  14. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Dingo". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 October 2015. Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Dingo State School". Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  17. ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Dingo Library". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  19. ^ Turnbull, Richard (16 August 2019). "Iconic Dingo races on track". Central Queensland News. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Dingo Races draws punters". The Morning Bulletin. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  21. ^ Harden, Ben (26 August 2021). "Dingo Race Day attracts bumper crowd but future in doubt". Queensland Country Life. Australian Community Media. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  22. ^ Welburn, Alan (21 April 2020). "The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted on race carnivals". Queensland Country Life. Australian Community Media. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  23. ^ Kidd, Meghan (11 June 2014). "Dingo's Ben Hunt gets the Origin call-up". Central Queensland News. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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