It's a Three-Dingo Night

Aboriginal woman carrying a dog and warming her back. (Photo Credit : Charles Mountford, 1940)

Wongapitcha women and their favourite way to carry a dog and keeping warm while walking - the dog rests across the small of the back and is supported within the woman’s bent arms, but leaves her hands free if required. (Photo credit Mitchell Library NSW).

Aboriginal people often referred to cold nights in relation to how many dingos they required to keep warm, for example , “Boy, it was a 3 dingo cold night last night!”