Uluru
Outback sandstone landmark
Uluru is a massive sandstone rock formation in central Australia, sacred to the Anangu Aboriginal people who have inhabited the region for tens of thousands of years.
Rising dramatically from the flat desert landscape of the Northern Territory, it stands about 350 meters high and changes color throughout the day, appearing deep red at sunrise and sunset.
Also known by its colonial name Ayers Rock, Uluru became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of Australia's most recognizable natural landmarks.
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
- eldersSenior community members
- DreamtimeAboriginal mythological creation era
- kinshipState of being related
land rights · country · ancestors · traditions · ceremony · law · stories · heritage
Cemented grain sediment
- inselbergIsolated residual hill
- monolithHuge solitary standing stone
- erosionGradual wearing away
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
feldspar · sediment · strata · formation · outcrop · bedrock · iron oxide · oxidation
Australian federal territory
- Alice SpringsAustralian outback municipality
- Red CentreAustralia's arid interior
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- Ayers RockMassive Australian sandstone formation
landmark · icon · national symbol · desert · remoteness · wilderness · bushland · spinifex
Morning light's arrival
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- photographyCreating images from light
- desertTo leave behind completely
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
UNESCO · World Heritage · national park · helicopter · resort · cultural tour · visitor centre · iconic
Tjukurpa
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
- eldersSenior community members
- DreamtimeAboriginal mythological creation era
kinship · land rights · country · ancestors · traditions · ceremony · law · stories · heritage · community
sandstone
Cemented grain sediment
weathering · feldspar · sediment · strata · formation · outcrop · bedrock · iron oxide · oxidation · caves
Northern Territory
Australian federal territory
- Alice SpringsAustralian outback municipality
- Red CentreAustralia's arid interior
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
Ayers Rock · landmark · icon · national symbol · desert · remoteness · wilderness · bushland · spinifex · red earth
sunrise
Morning light's arrival
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- photographyCreating images from light
- desertTo leave behind completely
outback · UNESCO · World Heritage · national park · helicopter · resort · cultural tour · visitor centre · iconic
spirituality
Connection to the sacred
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
pilgrimage · mythology · veneration · ritual · ceremony · ancestors · holy · worship · shrine · respect
- Indigenous AustraliansAboriginal, Dreamtime, traditional lands, Dreaming, corroboree
- Outback PlacesNorseman, Leonora, Alice Springs, Kimberley, Elliott
- sacred mountainsholy mountain, holy mountains, sacred peaks, Mount Sinai, Mount Fuji
- parksplayground, Hyde Park, Yellowstone, Grant Park, picnic table
- Australasiakangaroo, koala, Sydney, Melbourne, outback
- AustraliaSydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Canberra
UluruMount Everest
Earth's highest summit
mountain · the Himalayas · K2 · Mount Fuji · volcanic peak
UluruGreat Barrier Reef
Vast coral formation near Australia
Amazon rainforest · Antarctica · glacier · ocean · tropical jungle
UluruSydney Opera House
Australian performing arts venue
Eiffel Tower · Statue of Liberty · Empire State Building · Burj Khalifa · Great Wall of China