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Uluru
[ oo-loo-roo, oo-loo-roo, oo-loo-roo ]
noun
- a large, isolated mass of red rock in central Australia, in southwestern Northern Territory: a sacred site for the Anangu people indigenous to the region, and a popular tourist attraction. 1,142 feet (348 meters) high.
Uluru
/ ˌuːləˈruː /
noun
- a large isolated desert rock, sometimes described as the world's largest monolith, in the Northern Territory of Australia: sacred to local Aboriginal people. Height: 330m (1100 ft). Base circumference: 9 km (5.6 miles) Also calledAyers Rock
Example Sentences
Allira Davis, co-chair of the Uluru Youth Dialogue, said she respected the late Queen, even describing her as “beautiful”.
He's since returned 15 times for official tours, including a trip with Princess Diana to one of the country's most famous landmarks, Uluru.
“I think if we do end up going to another referendum, we have to make sure that we deal with First Nations issues… we still have people experiencing intergenerational trauma, so understanding the history of what has happened in this country is really key,” says Allira Davis, a Cobble Cobble woman and co-chair of the Uluru Youth Dialogue.
In 2017, Australia made international headlines when it banned people from ascending Uluru, the iconic monolith in Australia’s Red Center that’s also one of the country’s most visited tourist attractions.
Six years later, the arguments against the Voice remain largely the same as those aired in 2017, when the then government rejected the Uluru Statement - it would have too much influence on parliament and could give First Nations people more rights than other Australians, they claimed.
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