Uluru

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U·lu·ru

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Uluru

(ˌuːləˈruː)

(Placename) 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 called: Ayers Rock

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Outside Sydney, 842,000 overseas visitors toured the Great Barrier Reef and 192,000 visited the iconic Uluru rock formation in the Australian outback.

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Last week over 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders gathered at the community of Mutitjulu situated at the eastern base of the sacred Uluru rock formation.

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Bush fires are as permanent a fixture in Australia as the great red Uluru Rock. Eucalyptus, with its highly flammable oil, provides ample tinder in the country's hot, dry, fire-prone south.