Editing Separation barrier (section)

===Australia===
{{Main|Dingo fence}}
[[File:Dingo-Distribution-Fleming.png|thumb|The black line represents the Dingo Fence]]
One of the longest separation barriers in the world,<ref name=UNL>{{cite conference | first = R.J. | last = Downward |author2=Bromell, J.E. | title = The development of a policy for the management of dingo populations in South Australia | book-title = Proceedings of the Fourteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference 1990 | publisher = [[University of Nebraska - Lincoln]] | date = March 1990 | url = http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/vpc14/23/ | access-date = 2009-08-31}}</ref> the dingo fence is a [[pest-exclusion fence]] to keep [[dingo]]es out of the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent. In addition, it was initially established so that landowners could lawfully keep [[Australian Aboriginal]] people [[Ethnic hatred|off the land]].<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|title= Work under way to bridge 32km gap in NSW dog fence – but ecologists say it should be taken down|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/06/work-is-under-way-to-bridge-a-32km-gap-in-the-nsw-dog-fence-but-ecologists-say-it-should-be-taken-down|last=Spencer|first=Eliza|date=6 May 2024|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref>

Although the fence has helped reduce losses of sheep to [[predator]]s, this has been countered by holes in fences found in the 1990s through which dingo offspring have passed. Laws were appointed to protect the fence; [[prison sentence|jail term]]s of three months for leaving a crossing gate open, and six months for [[Property damage|damage]] or removal of part of the fence. Introduced in 1946, these penalties still apply today.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsw.gov.au/regional-nsw/resources/nsw-wild-dog-fence-extension-project|title=NSW Wild Dog Fence Extension Project|date=20 June 2024 |publisher=[[New South Wales Government]]|access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref>

In 2009 as part of the [[Q150]] celebrations, the dingo fence was announced as one of the [[Q150 Icons]] of Queensland for its role as an iconic "innovation and invention".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> The fence staff consists of 23 employees, including two-person teams that patrol a {{convert|300|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} section of the fence twice every week.<ref>{{cite web | author = Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines | title = History of barrier fences in Queensland | date = 2005-09-29 | url = http://www.ddmrb.org.au/Files/History%20of%20Barrier%20Fences.pdf | access-date = 2009-08-31}}</ref>