Dingo is currently a 1-star accredited Queensland Tidy Town. Tell us what you think by voting in the poll – you can give a 1-to-5-star rating! History and Geography Facts The town was surveyed in 1889 and took its name from the nearby Dingo Creek. For a time in 1940 the town was known as Remo. Dingo Post Office opened on 1 October 1876. Dingo Provisional School opened on 29 May 1876. On 22 January 1877 it became Dingo State School. The town is on the Capricorn Highway, 759 ki