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Ernest Giles did not discover Uluru. Giles discovered the Olgas, now known as Kata Tjuta, but Uluru was discovered by William Gosse of the South Australia Survey Department. Gosse initially named it Ayers Rock, after the Premier of South Australia at the time.

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