Submitted Place Name Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
3/17/2024, 12:35 AM	myre36915	Added date to Native Peoples text citation.
3/17/2024, 12:33 AM	myre36915

Name Uluru

Type Other

Usage Pitjantjatjara

Pronounced Pron. Ool-or-roo

Other Forms FormsUluṟu

Edit Status Status not set

Meaning & History

This is the traditional name of Ayers Rock as well as part of the traditional name of the park its in. The Anangu (arn-ung-oo) Aboriginal Australians viewed the Uluru monolith as sacred. They gained control of the site in 1985. This monolith has been viewed as place inhabited by the spirits of the ancestors of the Anangu.

Added 3/17/2024 by myre36915