The distribution of the common stingaree is limited to the coastal waters off eastern Australia, extending from Caloundra in southern Queensland to Cape Howe in Victoria; the majority of its population is found north of Jervis Bay.
Among the titles are Rafter Romance (1933) with Ginger Rogers, Double Harness, The Right to Romance (1933), One Man's Journey (1933) with Lionel Barrymore, Stingaree (1934), Living on Love (1937), and A Man to Remember (1938).
Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday Star, Movie Players Brave a Desert Sandstorm For Stingaree Film, Sunday, December 12, 1915, Page 7.
The patchwork stingaree is a northern Australian endemic with a discontinuous range: the western population is found from the Houtman Abrolhos to Cape Leveque in Western Australia, and the eastern population from Caloundra to Townsville in Queensland.