The town is on the Capricorn Highway, 759 kilometres (472 mi) by road north-west of the state capital Brisbane and 148 kilometres (92 mi) by road west of the regional centre of Rockhampton. The Fitzroy Developmental Road runs north-west from the Capricorn Highway.
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 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.
In the 2006 census, the locality of Dingo had a population of 263 people.
In the 2011 census, the locality of Dingo had a population of 342 people.
In the 2016 census, the locality of Dingo had a population of 340 people.
In the 2021 census, 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 (23°38′44″S149°19′49″E / 23.6455°S 149.3302°E / -23.6455; 149.3302 (Dingo State School)). 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).
In August each year, the Dingo Race Club holds the annual Dingo Race Day and World Dingo Trap Throwing Competition at Bauman Park (23°39′03″S149°20′45″E / 23.6509°S 149.3458°E / -23.6509; 149.3458 (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.
^"Our school". Dingo State School. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
^"Bridled nailtail wallaby". Department of Environment and Resource Management (Queensland). Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^ Dingo: The Animal and Town (commemorative plaque below bronze statue). Dingo, Queensland: Duaringa Shire Council. 1997.