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Dingos have only been in Australia about 5,000 years so they're not really indigenous.  We went with Bill and Debbie from "Romance" on a 4WD expedition to Fraser Island, where they have dingos who have been protected from cross-breeding with dogs.  We took this photo on the beach.  As you can see, they are quite good-looking animals but they will interbreed with dogs.  So most dingos in the wild are mongrels now and there's not many pure-breeds left.  There have been two known cases of dingos killing children in campgrounds but, although they will live around settled areas, they don't normally bother people.  We have seen them a few times out walking in the forest near our home.