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What do aborigines consider sacred?
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".
Why is the original aboriginal name for Ulera been changed to Uluru?
It hasn't. The Australian Aborigines have always known "Ayers Rock" as Uluru.
Who is uluru?
Uluru is not a person it is a sandstone rock formally called Ayers Rock.
In 1984 the federal government gave the aborigines control of which famous landmark?
uluru
What year was Uluru given back to the aborigines?
It was given back to its original owners in 1985.
Why is the term Uluru used as a name?
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.
What mountain is sacred to Australian aborigines?
A. Mount Kosciuszko B. Aoraki C. Uluru D. Mount Mansfield
Who runs the Uluru National Park?
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.
What is unique about Uluru?
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.
Why is Ayers Rock or Uluru sacred to the Aborigines?
Aboriginal people revere certain sites around Australia as sacred. Uluru (Ayers Rock) is one of them. It is a place of mysticism, a place from where much of their Aboriginal Dreaming emanates. It is a place where, they believe, the bodies of their ancestors hardened into rock. It was there at the Alcheringa (the Dawn of Time) and will be there until the very end. It holds peace and power. For the central Australian Aborigines, the Dreamtime stories come out of Uluru. They kindly ask that you don't climb the rock because you must walk over the dreamtime exit path.
Why don't the Aborigines like people on top of Uluru?
Aboriginal people revere certain sites around Australia as sacred. Uluru (Ayers Rock) is one of them. It is a place of mysticism, a place from where much of their Aboriginal Dreaming emanates. It is a place where, they believe, the bodies of their ancestors hardened into rock. It was there at the Alcheringa (the Dawn of Time) and will be there until the very end. It holds peace and power. For the central Australian Aborigines, the Dreamtime stories come out of Uluru. They kindly ask that you don't climb the rock because you must walk over the dreamtime exit path. To to put it into context, it would be comparable to people tramping over, or jumping and playing on the altars or sacred fittings in someone's church.
