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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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What the official name of Ayers rock?

Uluru


What is Ayers Rock really called?

The indigenous name for Ayers Rock is Uluru.


Which name do the Aborigines use for Ayers Rock?

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".


It was said that ayers rock was to be named by its traditional name by aboriginals and the English name?

The English name is 'Ayers Rock'. The Aboriginal name is 'Uluru'.


Where would you find Aryes rock?

The coordinates for Ayers Rock, or Uluru are 25.3444° S, 131.0369° E. The nearest large town is Alice Springs, 450km away! Incidently, Uluru is the aboriginal name and it is its official name.


What is the continent of Ayers Rock?

Uluru, formerly Ayers Rock, is on the continent of Australia.


What is the real name for Uluru?

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.


Which desert is Ayers Rock in?

Uluru, once known by the European name of Ayers Rock, is in the Northern Territory. This is not a state but a territory.


What is the abouriginal name for ayers rock?

Uluru.


What rock has made Ayers famous?

Uluru The rock was called Uluru a long time before Europeans arrived in Australia. The word is a proper noun from the Pitjantjatjara language and doesn’t have an English translation. In 1873, the explorer William Gosse became the first non-Aboriginal person to see Uluru. He named it Ayers Rock after Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia at the time. Ayers Rock was the most widely used name until 1993, when the rock was officially renamed Ayers Rock / Uluru – the first feature in the Northern Territory to be given dual names. In 2002 these names were reversed at the request of the Regional Tourism Association in Alice Springs and the rock took on the official name of Uluru / Ayers Rock, which it still has today. That means you can use either Uluru or Ayers Rock to refer to the rock. However, in the national park we always use the original name: Uluru.


What is the largest red stone?

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Why is Ayers rock called both Ayers Rock and Uluru?

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.