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The Aborigines have known about Uluru for thousands of years.

Explorer William Gosse, of the South Australian Survey Department, is believed to have been the first European explorer to see Ayers Rock. Gosse discovered the rock (now known by its native name of Uluru) by accident during an expedition through Australia's interior. The need to find water for his camels forced him to take a more southerly course than he had originally planned. On 18 July 1873 he sighted Ayers Rock, recording that, "This rock is certainly the most wonderful natural feature I have ever seen".

Known to the indigenous Australians as Uluru, the rock was named Ayers Rock after Sir Henry Ayers, Premier of South Australia at the time.

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Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is a sacred site for Indigenous Australians. The first humans settled in the area over 10,000 years ago - and it was certainly already special to the Aboriginal people before it was named "Ayers Rock" in 1873. Tourists have been going to Uluru since 1936.


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