Dingo

History

The town was surveyed in 1889 and took its name from the nearby Dingo Creek. Dingo Provisional School opened on 29 May 1876. On 22 January 1877 it became Dingo State School. In 1973, a population of Bridled nail-tail wallabies (Onychogalea fraenata) was found in the Dingo area by a fencing contractor. Not having been seen since 1937, the species had been considered extinct. 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 opposite the library (). It was created by Gaye Porter. 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.

Geography

The town is on the Capricorn Highway, by road north-west of the state capital Brisbane and by road west of the regional centre of Rockhampton. The Fitzroy Developmental Road runs north-west from the Capricorn Highway. The Central Western railway line passes through the locality with two stations (from west to east): * Umolo railway station ()

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  45
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  35
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  32
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  29
• Apostlebird

  Struthidea cinerea Gould, 1837 · Aves
  28
• Blue-faced Honeyeater

  Entomyzon cyanotis (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  23
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  21
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  20