Dingo, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Dingo is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.

[4] The Central Western railway line passes through the locality with two stations (from west to east): The town was surveyed in 1889 and took its name from the nearby Dingo Creek.

[8][9][10] In 1973, a population of Bridled nail-tail wallabies (Onychogalea fraenata) was found in the Dingo area by a fencing contractor.

[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.

Australian rugby league player Ben Hunt grew up in Dingo.

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