The long, contentious debate in Australia over the future of the sacred Uluru is over. Climbing the famed Northern Territory site will be banned from October 2019 following a unanimous decision by ...

Uluru, 1,142 feet tall, is a top tourist draw in Australia despite its remote desert location, near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a sacred site for the Indigenous Anangu people. For years, signs at the base have read “This is our home” and “Please don’t climb. ...

Uluru as seen from the sunset viewing area on August 13, 2019 in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia. Getty The biggest drop in foreign visitors could be the Japanese who have proven to ...

Uluru, seen at sunset from a designated viewing area earlier this year in Australia's Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. The sandstone monolith will be closed to climbers permanently Saturday, ...

Uluru is in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the southern end of Australia’s Northern Territory. The nearest major city is Alice Springs, about 280 miles to the east by highway.

Uluru — formerly known as Ayer’s Rock — has been at the center of heated contention for years. The indigenous population has been pleading with the parks service of Australia and then ...

ULURU, Australia — Nearly every weekday, rocks sent from around the world arrive here at the headquarters of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Some are the size of gravel. One weighed in at 75 ...

The last day that tourists are permitted to climb the ancient sacred site of Uluru in central Australia is coming this weekend, and tourists are flocking to do what local indigenous people have ...

Uluru is sacred to Australia’s indigenous peoples because it’s believed to have been formed during the Dreamtime, which is the ancient period when all living things were created, ...