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Dingoes are not domestic dogs
For decades, scientists, policymakers, graziers and land managers have been locked in a surprisingly high stakes debate over what defines a dingo. Are these wild canids their own species? Or are they simply feral dogs?
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K’gari Tops the Island Charts for Frog and Freshwater Fish Biodiversity
Researchers have completed the first comprehensive database of freshwater species on Australian islands. The results of the research have been published in Diversity and Distributions journal.
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IUCN Conservation Outlook Report Released for K’gari
Every three years, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) undertakes an independent evaluation of the conservation outlook for all natural World Heritage properties. Given COVID-19, there was a slight delay in the latest round, with the latest reports released in October 2025.
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Restoring the Great Sandy’s Ecological Health
This short item isn’t directly about K’gari., it is more about Korrawinga (what we call the Great Sandy Strait). I know little of Butchulla lore, but I think Korrawinga was formed by Yindingie with the assistance of the spirit K’gari.
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Sea Cucumber Stories Wanted
The University of the Sunshine Coast is undertaking a research project on the sea cucumber (bêche-de-mer) fishery in Hervey Bay; the Great Sandy Strait (Korrawinga), and Tin Can Bay in the 1980s and 1990s.
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K’gari Research Conference 2025 – Call for Abstracts
The University of the Sunshine Coast, along with partners the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation (BAC), the Butchulla Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (BNTAC), the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) and FINIA – the Natural Integrity Alliance for K’gari, is excited to announce the biennial K’gari Research Conference Voices of K’gari: Research, Respect and Responsibility on Monday and Tuesday, 10-11 November 2025.
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Voices of K’gari: Research, Respect and Responsibility 2025 Conference
The biennial K’gari conference will be held again this year at UniSC’s Fraser Coast campus on the 10-11 November. Voices of K’gari: Research, Respect and Responsibility 2025 Conference is, once again, a joint initiative of UniSC and FIDO.
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What’s in your mud – getting dirty to find out how to protect K’gari
Most drivers wash their vehicles after leaving K’gari to remove salt and sand, but many arrive with remnants of their last adventure still clinging to tyres and mudguards.
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Genetic Variation in K’gari Dingoes
Some FINIA partners will remember the dingo genetics study that was undertaken in 2021-22.
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A Historical Perspective on Dingo Attacks in Australia
A fascinating paper was published last year (2022) in the Journal: Animals. Titled Before Azaria: A historical perspective on dingo attacks. The paper was written by Adam Brumm from the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University. The paper investigates the origin of the once-popular belief (and misconception) in Australian society that wild dingoes do not attack humans.
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