Uluru, (formerly known as Ayer’s Rock) is one of Australia’s most famous and immediately recognisable landmarks.
Uluru is the traditional and cultural land of the Anangu peoples, it includes many sacred sites and ancestral spirits. In the Uluru area, numerous carvings and paintings created by these people can be found. To honour their connection to the land they believed themselves to be the best caretakers and fought for their Land rights which in this case was successful and encouraged the Indigenous movement to continue their campaign.
The land rights movement was instrumental in the handback of Uluru to the Aboriginal people. The decision is momentous and involved a lot of compromise because of its huge importance to both Aboriginal