It is difficult to understand how pastoralists could forget that eradication of dingoes was an essential prerequisite for unshepherded sheep.
However, the mainland squatters had to persist with nightly yarding until dingoes were eradicated.
With strychnine controlling dingoes, and better land tenure, conditions were ripe for the end of shepherding.
A canvas flap served as a door, and allowed the hutkeeper to exit rapidly if dingoes attacked the sheep.
More likely, pastoralists found that fencing, once dingoes were controlled, led to substantial savings in wages.
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Each evening, the sheep walked back to the station, where they were counted back into the folds and spent the night protected against dingoes by the hutkeeper.
Chamberlain's conviction was later overturned when evidence surfaced that dingoes had indeed been responsible for the tragedy.