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	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park travel guide - Wikitravel
		Uluru is also very rich in Aboriginal Culture and a good tour guide can often provide valuable information on this subject beyond that which can be picked up at the Cultural Centre, it's a good idea to ask before booking about the aboriginal cultural content of the tour.
		Uluru Express offers unlimited access to the Park from your choice of hotel at Yulara for 2-days or 3-days at a cost of $135 AU or $150 AU, respectively, which includes your admission to the Park.
		Uluru -- there is a sunrise viewing point on the road around Uluru (northeast from the rock), and a sunset viewing point between the Kata Tjuta turn-off and the cultural center.
	wikitravel.org /en/Uluru-Kata_Tjuta_National_Park (2531 words)

	Uluru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, and has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.
		Uluru is 346 metres high, more than 8 km (5 miles) around with a hard exterior compared to most other large rock formations which has prevented formation of scree slopes, resulting in the unusual steep faces down to ground level.
		Uluru is notable for appearing to change colour as the different light strikes it at different times of the day and year, with sunset a particularly remarkable sight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uluru (1203 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Uluru
		Uluru (also called Ayers Rock) is a large rock formation in central Australia, in the Northern Territory southwest of Alice Springs, located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
		Uluru is notable for its quality of changing color as the different light strikes it at different times of the day and year, with sunset a particularly remarkable sight.
		Uluru is adjacent to an Aboriginal settlement, and to the tourist town of Yulara (pop.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ul/Uluru (328 words)

	Uluru To You - Great Moments in Science - The Lab
		A "monolith" is a "single stone", so Uluru is supposedly a giant pebble either sitting on, or partly buried in, the desert sands.
		The colours of Uluru change at sunset because the Sun is at such a low angle.
		Second, Uluru is not a giant isolated boulder, partly-buried in the desert sand.
	www.abc.net.au /science/k2/moments/s1469595.htm (701 words)

	DoAustralia - Uluru, Ayers rock
		Uluru alias Ayers Rock alias 'The Rock', it is here in the 'red centre' we find one of Australia's most recognisable icons and the worlds largest monolith is found in the national park with the same name.
		Besides Uluru, the park is known for a grouping of rock domes found about 50km from the famous monolith, known as Kata Tjutu, or the Olgas.
		Uluru is almost the at the centre of the Australian continent.
	www.doaustralia.com /states/NT/uluru.htm (475 words)

	Beans Around The World - Uluru National Park - Australia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Uluru has been an important focus of the spiritual life of the region's Aborigines for thousands of years.
		Uluru here is considered the largest monolith in the world; rising about 1143 ft from the desert.
		Made of arkosic sandstone, Uluru is said to be cool to see at sunset, when its color appears to change from red to purple.
	www.beans-around-the-world.com /uluru.html (276 words)

	ULURU (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Uluru, aussi connu sous le nom de Ayers Rock, est un grand rocher du centre de l'Australie dans le Territoire du nord.
		Uluru est connu pour sa capacité à changer de couleur en fonction du jour et de l'heure.
		Uluru est le nom aborigène, devenu nom officiel dans les années 80.
	www.planete-virtuelle.org /encyclopedia/U/Uluru (275 words)

	Uluru
		Uluru is near the the border of the Northern Territory.
		Uluru stands in a hollow in the swirling winds and sands of the desert.
		Uluru is the aboriginal name for the massive formation that used to be know as Ayers Rock.
	teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2002/Uluru.htm (324 words)

	Uluru or Ayers Rock, Attractions of Australia
		Uluru is often referred to as a monolith, but it is actually part of a much larger underground rock formation which includes The Olgas and Mount Connor.
		Uluru is more than 318 m (986 ft) high, 8 km (5 miles) around with a hard exterior compared to most other large rock formations which has prevented formation of scree slopes, resulting in the unusual steep faces down to ground level.
		Climbing Uluru is a popular attraction for visitors, and while a chain handhold added in 1964 and extended in 1976 makes the hour long climb easier, it is still quite a long and steep hike to the top.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Australia/australia-interest-northern-uluru.html (1054 words)

	" Uluru "
		Uluru, known also by whites as 'Ayer's Rock, is a vast monolith that dominates the desert plains at the centre of Australia.
		Today at Uluru most of the women's area around the base of the rock is fenced off - an area much larger than the men's sacred area.
		Uluru has been returned to Aboriginal ownership - but only on condition that the Aboriginal community within 5 minutes of the title being handed back immediately gave it back to the Australian nation as a tourist park.
	inquirer.gn.apc.org /uluru.html (1105 words)

	Uluru-Ayers-Rock
		Together with Kata Tjuta, the rock domes located west of Uluru, it is part of the traditional belief system of one of the oldest human societies in the world, the Australian Aboriginal.
		Uluru rises about 345m and depending on the time of day and weather conditions it can dramatically change colour, from purple to glowing red and mauve.
		Uluru is the homeland of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people (also known as Anangu) and was returned to their care and ownership in 1985.
	www.didgeridoos.net.au /Uluru-Ayers-Rock.html (356 words)

	ESA - Observing the Earth - Earth from Space: Uluru/Ayers Rock, Australia
		Uluru is the second largest monolith – or single stone block - in the world after Mount Augustus (also known as Burringurrah), also in Australia.
		Uluru's hard coating of feldspar-infused sandstone has enabled it to better withstand the ravages of time.
		Gradual rust occurring within Uluru's coating is responsible for its reddish colour, which is famous for seeming to shift with the time of day.
	www.esa.int /esaEO/SEM14S7X9DE_index_0.html (495 words)

	fishSA.com - Uluru [Gone Fishing - Photos]
		Ayers Rock (Mount Uluru) is believed to have had its beginnings in the Precambrian era about 550 million years ago.
		Consisting of Arkose, a course-grained sandstone rich in the mineral feldspar, Ayers Rock (Mount Uluru) achieves its famous red colour and flaky surface from the chemical decay of minerals and mechanical erosion.
		Ayers Rock (Mount Uluru), the world's largest monolith and an Aboriginal sacred site is Australia's most famous natural landmark.
	www.fishsa.com /uluru.php (493 words)

	Uluru - Heroes Wiki
		Uluru the Invincible is the giant rock monster who appears in a painting by Isaac Mendez and is featured on Isaac's 9th Wonders!
		Uluru is the subject of one of Isaac's paintings.
		A painting of Uluru with a red background appears in Isaac's loft as Peter quarrels with Isaac.
	heroeswiki.com /Uluru (582 words)

	Uluru
		Uluru has an enormous presence in the flat outback landscape, being almost 350m high, 9km around the base, and perhaps two thirds lying beneath the surface.
		Uluru changes colour at sunrise and sunset, becoming at one point an amazingly vibrant red colour.
		Uluru and nearby Kata Tjuta are on the land of the Anangu people, so there is a $15 entrance fee into the National Park which goes towards the upkeep of tourist facilities.
	www.wildplaces.net.au /uluru.htm (186 words)

	NAMC Newswire - ULURU Awarded a U.S. Army Small Business Innovative Research Grant
		ULURU is striving to develop in vitro and in vivo proof-of-concept experiments as specified in the Phase I objectives of the SBIR proposal.
		ULURU is applying for up to a $1 million fast-track Phase II SBIR funding to develop and demonstrate the efficacy of a prototype wound dressing and move into human clinical trials.
		ULURU Inc. is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of a portfolio of topical delivery technologies to provide patients and consumers with an improved clinical outcome through controlled delivery utilizing its innovative transmucosal delivery system and Hydrogel Nanoparticle Aggregate Technology.
	press.namct.com /content/view/3933/129 (501 words)

	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - Northern Territory Official Travel Site
		Kata Tjuta is a cluster of 36 weathered domes, approximately 50kms from Uluru.
		The Uluru and Kata Tjuta you see today are the remains of erosion that began around 500 million years ago.
		Uluru was returned to the care and ownership of the Anangu in 1985 and they now jointly manage the national park with Parks Australia.
	www.travelnt.com /en/explore/uluru/region/uluru-kata-tjuta.htm (480 words)

	Australia - picture gallery
		Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is the world's biggest monolith.
		Uluru is located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park about 335km to the south-west of Alice Springs in Northern
		Uluru is the homeland of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people (also known as Anangu) and was returned
	www.gigglepotz.com /cayers.htm (249 words)

	Uluru, Northern Territory - Visitor's Guide to Ayers Rock (Uluru), Australia
		Uluru is one of earth's great natural wonders and encountering it for the first time is quite an experience.
		Uluru is a sacred site for the Aboriginal tribes, and has great spiritual meaning.
		Apart from the sheer imposing size of Uluru, what can make viewing it so memorable is the fact that as each day passes the rock changes colour depending on the light and atmospheric conditions, and never remains the exact same permanent hue.
	www.justclickaustralia.com /guide_ayersrock.htm (237 words)

	World Heritage: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
		The park covers an area of 132 566 hectares of arid ecosystems and is located close to the centre of Australia in the traditional lands of Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal people (locally known as Anangu).
		The features of both Uluru and Kata Tjuta are physical evidence of the actions, artefacts and bodies of the ancestral heroes (the tjukuritja) who travelled the earth in creation times.
		Anthropologists say that a unique cultural adaptation to the desert environment enabled Anangu and related groups of Aboriginal communities in the Western Desert to develop social groups that were based on semi-permanent water sources, but which held reciprocal rights of access over plants and animal resources in the intervening areas.
	www.deh.gov.au /heritage/worldheritage/sites/uluru/index.html (837 words)

	Australia - Northern Territory : Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
		Uluru is also well known for its immense Aboriginal cultural significance.
		Archeological evidence suggests that Aboriginal people have lived in Uluru for at least 22,000 years and that both Uluru and Kata Tjuta have long been places of enormous ceremonial and cultural significance to a number of Aboriginal tribes.
		Uluru is also an outstanding natural phenomenon, whereby the giant rock changes it colors according to the day's weather.
	www.marimari.com /content/australia/popular_places/northern_territory/ulurukata_tjuta/main.html (660 words)

	Uluru-Kata Tjuta (Ayers Rock-Mount Olga)
		Uluru and its neighbor Kata Tjuta, a series of 36 rock domes, comprise an area of spiritual significance to Anangu, the local Aboriginal people whose belief system is intertwined with the landscape.
		Uluru’s tourist appeal was realized as the region’s roads and infrastructure grew, and businesses waged a prolonged campaign to open the region to tourism.
		To Anangu, climbing Uluru is a violation of tjukurpa.
	www.sacredland.org /world_sites_pages/Uluru.html (1870 words)

	Ayres Rock (Uluru is official name) - Australia
		Uluru is one of Australia's most famous landmarks and is the country's most visited site.
		The red colour of Uluru is due to iron minerals in the surface rocks oxidising with the air.
		Uluru is considered sacred to the Aboriginals and visitors should respect this.
	www.auinfo.com /ayres-rock.htm (820 words)

	Uluru (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Uluru is located close to the centre of Australia in the Kata Tjuta National Park which is the traditional lands of Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal people (locally known as Anangu).
		Uluru is a huge, rounded, red sandstone monolith 9.4 kilometres in circumference rising to a height of over 340 metres above the plain.
		The Anangu believe that the area around Uluru is the home of their ancestors.
	www.cap.nsw.edu.au /bb_site_intro/specialPlaces/special_places_st3/uluru_BarrReef_Myallcrk/uluru.htm (237 words)

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