Uluru.
The indigenous name for Ayers Rock is Uluru.
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".
The English name is 'Ayers Rock'. The Aboriginal name is 'Uluru'.
Uluru, formerly Ayers Rock, is on the continent of Australia.
Uluru is the real name for this natural landform of Australia. It was named Ayers Rock by European explorer William Gosse, of the South Australian Survey Department, and named Ayers Rock after Sir Henry Ayers, Premier of South Australia at the time. Known to the indigenous Australians as Uluru, the rock is now referred to by that name.
Uluru
The aboriginal name of Ayers Rock is Uluru. It is a sandstone rock situated in central Australia. It is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people because it plays a part in Aboriginal creation mythology.The Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock is Uluru. This is its original name.Ayers Rock was originally called Uluru by the Aboriginal people. There was also a legend about a frog who drank too much water and turned into rock.
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The huge, single sandstone rock located in Australia's Northern Territory is called Uluru, or Ayers Rock. It is the world's second largest monolith or, as it is properly known, inselberg.
Indigenous Australians call the monolith Uluru. It was named "Ayers Rock" by William Gosse in 1873 in honor of the Chief Secretary of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers. The dual naming policy of 1993 allowed the name to reflect both the traditional, Aboriginal name and the name given it by the English settlers - Uluru/Ayers Rock.
Uluru is the aboriginal name for what the European explorers named Ayers Rock. Uluru was the name by which the rock was known for thousands of years prior to European settlement.The feature was given the name Ayers Rock by explorer William Gosse after the former Premier of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers. It is now known as Uluru/Ayers Rock, the title it was officially given in 2002, in order to acknowledge the traditional indigenous owners of the land.
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