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| Subject: Idiots close "sacred" Ayers Rock to walkers: Ban comes into force 34 years after land was handed back to its aboriginal owners Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:01 pm | |
| Australia's Uluru was permanently closed to climbers today to meet the wishes of Aboriginal people who hold the red monolith sacred, after hundreds of tourists scaled it in the final hours before the ban.
With the last-ever climbers due back by sunset, rangers shut the entry gates to the world-famous site, which was popularly known as Ayers Rock, a name given to it by western explorers.
A permanent ban comes into place on Saturday October 26 - marking the 34th anniversary of the land being handed back to its aboriginal owners.
The ban is a major victory for the Anangu aboriginal people, for whom the rock is a deeply sacred place and central to many cultural traditions, following decades of campaigning to have the route shut.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7612551/Extraordinary-scenes-Uluru-hundreds-clamber-iconic-landmark-final-time.html |
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