Dingoes on K’gari

Dingoes are Australia’s apex land predator and play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. For tens of thousands of years, they have regulated prey populations, protected biodiversity, and shaped the balance of Country.

The dingoes of K’gari (Fraser Island), known as wongari, are particularly significant. They form one of the most genetically distinct and isolated dingo populations in Australia and are an important part of the island’s World Heritage values.

K’gari is also the traditional Country of the Butchulla People, who hold deep cultural, spiritual and ecological connections to wongari. Any approach to dingo management on the island must respect these cultural relationships and uphold co-management principles.