Dingo, Queensland

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Field	Value
type	town
name	Dingo
state	qld
image	Dingo grain silos December 2017.jpg
caption	Grain silos at Dingo, 2017
coordinates
pop	221
pop_year
pop_footnotes
postcode	4702
area	1616.2
timezone	AEST
utc	+10:00
dist1	49.7
dir1	E
location1	Blackwater
dist2	124
dir2	E
location2	Emerald
dist3	148
dir3	WSW
location3	Rockhampton
dist4	759
dir4	NW
location4	Brisbane
lga	Central Highlands Region
stategov	Gregory
fedgov	Flynn
near-n	Alsace
near-ne	Mackenzie
near-e	Goowarra
near-se	Wallaroo
Coomoo
near-s	Wooroona
near-sw	Stewarton
Blackdown
near-w	Bluff
near-nw	Jellinbah
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Geography

The town is on the Capricorn Highway, 759 km by road north-west of the state capital Brisbane and 148 km 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 ()
Dingo railway station, serving the town ()

History

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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.

Demographics

In the , the locality of Dingo had a population of 263 people.

In the , the locality of Dingo had a population of 342 people.

In the , the locality of Dingo had a population of 340 people.

In the , the locality of Dingo had a population of 221 people.

Education

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

There are no secondary schools in Dingo. The nearest government secondary school is Blackwater State High School in Blackwater to the west, but it would be too distant for students in the eastern parts of Dingo. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.

Amenities

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

Events

In August each year, the Dingo Race Club holds the annual Dingo Race Day and World Dingo Trap Throwing Competition at Bauman Park (). The event was attended by 2000 people in 2019 when it celebrated its 30th anniversary. This figure grew to 4,000 when the event returned in 2021 after being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable residents

Australian rugby league player Ben Hunt grew up in Dingo.

References

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Welburn, Alan. (21 April 2020). "The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted on race carnivals". Australian Community Media.
Kidd, Meghan. (11 June 2014). "Dingo's Ben Hunt gets the Origin call-up". Central Queensland News.

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