The Aboriginal people believe Uluru is sacred.
Uluru
Uluru is not a person it is a sandstone rock formally called Ayers Rock.
It hasn't. The Australian Aborigines have always known "Ayers Rock" as Uluru.
uluru
It was given back to its original owners in 1985.
Uluru is a name. It is the name the Australian Aborigines gave to the feature in central Australia, and it means either Great Pebble or Meeting Place.
A. Mount Kosciuszko B. Aoraki C. Uluru D. Mount Mansfield
The indigenous Australians call Ayers Rock "Uluru". The landform is now known by this name, out of respect for the traditional owners, or alternatively, "Uluru-Ayers Rock".
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The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is managed jointly by the Anangu Aborigines and the Australian Director of National Parks. The Anangu are made up of the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara peoples of central Australia.
Uluru, in the Northern Territory of central Australia, is the second largest monolith in the world. Also notable, is that it appears to change color as the different light strikes it at different times of the day and year, with sunset being a particularly remarkable sight. Uluru is also special because the Aborigines consider it a sacred place, and it has many ancient paintings on it.
Aborigines people consider Uluru to be a sacred place. They believe that the rock was formed during Dreamtime by their ancestral beings.