events
October 26, 1985
The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
Uluru
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith. It crops out near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, 335 km (208 mi) south-west of Alice Springs.