A Canadian woman has been found dead surrounded by dingoes on a popular tourist island off the coast of south-east Queensland.
The 19-year-old had gone for a swim near the Maheno Shipwreck on K’gari – formerly known as Fraser Island – at about 5am on Monday before her body was discovered an hour later at 6am.
Police Inspector Paul Algie said authorities were determining her cause of death, with two possibilities being probed.
‘We’re investigating at the moment as to whether she has drowned or whether she has been attacked. We simply don’t know,’ he said.
Authorities will contact the woman’s family in Canada after confirming her identity with the consulate.
‘We may not know until a post-mortem as to the actual cause of death,’ Inspector Algie said.
‘We’ll obviously throw every resource we can at it to get some resolution for her family.’
A Canadian woman has been found dead surrounded by dingoes on K’gari
