Dingoes could once again roam state and national parks in central Victoria if a land management plan developed by the region's Aboriginal people — who hold native title rights for the land — is approved.

Reintroducing dingoes into the wild is one of the goals outlined in a draft strategy for the joint management of six parks and reserves inside Dja Dja Wurrung Country.

The strategy would involve shared management of the parks between the land's traditional owners and Parks Victoria.

"Native apex predators, such as the Gal Gal (dingo), provide an overall benefit to biodiversity and ecosystem function, including through their interactive roles with medium-sized predators, such as foxes and cat," the draft plan said.

"The Gal Gal is also valued as an iconic Australian species by the wider community."

Pure dingoes are widely thought to have disappeared from Victoria.

In their place are wild dogs born from interbreeding between dingoes and domestic dogs.

Farmers raise concerns for proposal

The parks that would fall under the plan include: Greater Bendigo National Park, Hepburn Regional Park, Paddys Ranges State Park, Kara Kara National Park, Kooyara State Park and the Wehla Nature Conservation Reserve.

Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal Clans Corporation chief executive, Rodney Carter, compared the proposal to the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

Bringing back wolves kept the park's elk numbers in check and helped rehabilitate bird and beaver populations.

Six state and national parks in central Victoria could again become home to dingoes. ( Supplied )

However Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) livestock president, Leonard Vallance, said dingoes were a threat to farmed animals, particularly sheep.

Mr Vallance said the animals would need to be fenced in at a cost to the land management authorities not to farmers.

He also said farmers would need to be compensated for livestock that were lost to dingoes.

"The farmer owns his land, and he has a legitimate right to carry out his business in farming," Mr Vallance said.

"The people that want to introduce the dogs need to be aware that it comes with a responsibility and a cost to them, not the agricultural sector."

The land management agreement would see dingoes reintroduced into 47,000 hectares of land. ( Supplied: Penelope Bergen )

Dingoes still a long way off

Mr Carter said his organisation would work with other stakeholders, including the VFF, before any dingoes were released.

He said more research was required before dingoes were reintroduced into the parks, a move that could still be decades away.

"If the VFF is suggesting their experiences with agriculture aren't necessarily positive regarding a predator, together we would want to work on this," Mr Carter said.

Greater Bendigo National Park is one of six Parks Victoria locations which could again become home to dingoes. ( Supplied: Peter Lenaghan )

"We wanted the dingo at least put there because it allows us to talk about functioning ecosystem, and I think we can do that as modern people in a very constructive matter and really looking at the pros and cons."

Mr Carter said dingoes were not the only animal the community was considering reintroducing.

There was the possibility that emus could be brought back into the landscape as well as quoll and some species of raptor birds.

The draft strategy is the result of an agreement between Parks Victoria and the land's traditional owners to share management of the parks.