It is the third dingo attack on Fraser Island this year ... Dingoes are thought to be descended from a domestic dog brought in from Indonesia some 3,000 to 4,000 years ago.

Scientists extracted DNA from 42 ancient dingo skeletons that pre-date the arrival of Europeans to Australia. The dingo remains range in age from 400 to 2,746 years old, and they were discovered ...

The dingo was completely isolated from other canines on the Australian mainland for more than 5,000 years, until domestic dogs arrived on the scene. Subsequent concerns about livestock loss formed ...