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Uluru

            
            
             Uluru is the biggest rock in the world.4km if you walk around it and about 345 metres high if you climb it. It's 3.6km long, 2km wide, and is a roughly oval shape. It's made of arkosic sandstone and is renowned for the way it changes colour in the light and is particularly spectacular at sunrise and sunset. .
             Uluru is the homeland of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people and was returned to their care and ownership in 1985. The area contains carvings and paintings by Aboriginal people and is also the location of a number of sacred sites which are closed to the public. .
             Uluru was named by European explorer William Gosse who sighted it in July 1873. He named it after the South Australian premier of the time Sir Henry Ayers. In 1995 the name of the National Park was changed from Ayres Rock to Uluru. .
             Significance to the Aboriginals.
             The aboriginal people see Uluru as sacred and part of the dream time. The Aboriginal people believe that it is hollow below the ground and that there is an energy source which is called the dream time. Physical features such as Uluru let the Aboriginals remember stories about the dream time so that they can be passed on through generations. Uluru is part of the Aboriginals dream time and this is why the Aboriginies do not like people climbing on it. They want Uluru to be sacred and protected from people so the stories can be passed down without the Aborigines forgetting them due to a physical feature being destroyed.
            


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