Dingo

Dingo is a town and locality in the Central Highlands Region in Queensland, Australia.

Dingo is a town and locality in the Central Highlands Region in Queensland, Australia.

The town takes its name from a species of native Australian canines.

The town was surveyed in 1889 and took its name from the nearby Dingo Creek. For a time in 1940 the town was known as Remo. Dingo Post Office opened on 1 October 1876.Dingo State School opened on 29 May 1876.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.On 31 January 1997, Duaringa Shire mayor Tom Hall unveiled a bronze sculpture of a dingo in Normanby Street created by sculptor Gaye Porter.A plaque attached below the statue explains how pioneer Moses Wafer named the area after hearing wild dogs howling during the night while camped near the present-day site of the town.In the 2006 census, Dingo had a population of 263 people.In the 2011 census, Dingo had a population of 342 people.In the 2016 census, Dingo had a population of 340 people.