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The Uluru Dialogue (2017) is a group which includes creators of the Uluru Statement and various academics and lawyers based at the University of New South Wales. It is chaired by Megan Davis and Pat Anderson. [87] It continues to campaign for the principles in the Uluru Statement, despite the failure of the referendum in 2023. [88]
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia.The park is home to both Uluru and Kata Tjuta.It is located 1,943 kilometres (1,207 mi) south of Darwin by road and 440 kilometres (270 mi) south-west of Alice Springs along the Stuart and Lasseter Highways.
Uluru is considered sacred to the Aboriginal people as it is known to protect ancient spirits of the region. [13] In this sense, Uluru is deeply important to the Aboriginal cultural identity. [13] As the creation of Uluru is central to Adnoartina’s story, this deity is regarded as an important figure in the Aboriginal culture. [4]
A ustralia has banned climbers on Uluru, one of the country's landmarks that is sacred to its indigenous custodians, becoming the latest cultural site around the world to close in order to protect ...
Uluru rock formations Panorama from the top of Uluru, showing a typical gully Close-up view of Uluru's surface, composed of arkose Uluru is an inselberg . [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] An inselberg is a prominent isolated residual knob or hill that rises abruptly from and is surrounded by extensive and relatively flat erosion lowlands in a hot, dry ...
Cultural landscape is a term used in the fields of geography, ecology, and heritage studies, to describe a symbiosis of human activity and environment. As defined by the World Heritage Committee , it is the "cultural properties [that] represent the combined works of nature and of man" and falls into three main categories: [ 1 ]
The list below includes all sites located geographically within Oceania, and is constructed without reference to UNESCO's statistical divisions. [8] The list comprises a number of sites for which the state party is outside the region, but the site itself is located in Oceania; this includes sites belonging to Chile (Rapa Nui National Park), France (Lagoons of New Caledonia and Taputapuātea ...
Articles relating to Uluru, its history, and its depictions. It is a large sandstone formation in the centre of Australia. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, known as the Aṉangu. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.