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2 unusual facts about dingo


Daimler Dingo

The Daimler Scout Car, known in service as the "Dingo" (after the Australian wild dog), was a British light fast four-wheel drive reconnaissance vehicle also used in the liaison role during the Second World War.

No. 50 Squadron RAF

The device arose from the radio call sign Dingo that the squadron was allocated as part of the Home Defence network.


B. Wongar

Totem and Ore (2006), Dingo Books, Carnegie, Victoria 2006 ISBN 9780977507801

Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues Festival

Set in the Noosa hinterland, the festival weekend highlights blues, jazz, food, Queensland wines is held at Dingo Creek Vineyard situated at Traveston, Qld, just south of Gympie.

With David and Marg's retirement the from Dingo Creek Jazz & Blues Festival, Gympie Rotary Club has agreed to take on the management of this event with all proceeds going to community charities and keeping with festival tradition, SIDS will be the major benefactor.

Dingoes ate my baby

In the "Mother Tucker" episode of Family Guy (season 5, episode 2), Brian and Stewie host a radio show named "Dingo and the Baby".

Gaddi Kutta

The Gaddi is thought to have been developed by the Asur King Mahidant of Meerut by crossing the wild dingo-like hounds (these dingo type dogs are not dholes but are a type of wild mastiff type of pariahs, descended from the massive Hyrcanian dogs), found in the Jamuna Khader region of India, with the Sha-Khyi variety or fighting line of Tibetan Mastiffs for hunting purposes.

Humber Scout Car

They were used by British armoured units (e.g. the 11th Armoured Division and the Guards Armoured Division) for scouting and liaison and were generally considered less capable and reliable than the Dingo.

Indian dog

Carolina Dog of the Southeast United States, also sometimes called the American/Southern/Dixie Dingo or Indian/Native American Dog

Michael Mercurio

In 2010, Mercurio played a disenchanted former soldier who has been recruited to build a bomb for a domestic terrorist, in the independent suspense-thriller Elevator, written and produced by Marc Rosenberg (Dingo, December Boys) and directed by Stig Svendsen (The Radio Pirates).

Mother Tucker

But when author Gore Vidal, whom Brian had contacted for an interview on his original show, walks into one of his "Dingo and the Baby" broadcasts and leaves in disgust, Brian quits his job in shame.

Operation Dingo

Operation Dingo, also known as the Chimoio massacre, was a major raid conducted by the Rhodesian Security Forces against the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) headquarters of Robert Mugabe at Chimoio and a smaller camp at Tembue in Mozambique from 23–25 November 1977.

The Giant Devil Dingo

It describes how the dreamtime devil-dingo, Gaiya, of lower Cape York Peninsula mythology was domesticated to become man's friend and helper.

The Silver Brumby

Dingo (voiced by Marg Downey) - A Dingo who is mother to two pups - Bindi and Warri.


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