A 19-year-old Canadian woman was found dead on a beach on K'gari (formerly Fraser Island) early Monday morning. Her body was found surrounded by a pack of about 10 dingoes. Police confirmed the dingoes had "touched and interfered with" the body, but they will wait for a postmortem before stating the cause of death. Wide Bay Burnett District Patrol Inspector Paul Algie said the young woman worked at a backpacker hostel on the island. She left her hostel around 5 a.m. saying she was going for a solo swim. The next sighting was between 6 and 6:15 a.m. near the Maheno shipwreck when two men saw the dingoes around the body. "It was obviously a very traumatic and horrific scene for them to uncover," Insp Algie said. Police are now trying to piece together events during the 75-minute window after she left her hostel. Police face public pressure to explain what happened but will wait until the postmortem scheduled for Wednesday. "At this stage, it’s too early to speculate on the cause of death," said Insp Algie. "We simply can’t confirm whether this young lady drowned or died as a result of being attacked by dingoes." He confirmed the dingoes had interfered with her body but did not confirm if they caused her death. Insp Algie reminded that K'gari is a wilderness area with wild dingoes. He said, "Dingoes are wild animals, and while culturally significant to the local First Nations people, they need to be treated as wild creatures." A Canadian friend of the woman is working with police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to contact her family. Insp Algie said both the friend and the local community are deeply shocked and traumatised by the incident. Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward. K'gari is the largest sand island on Earth and a UNESCO world heritage site. Its name means "paradise" in the Butchulla language, the island’s traditional owners, and it is also an important refuge for dingoes known locally as wongari.