Uluru has been a significant landmark to Aboriginal people since the Beginning. Believed to have been formed by ancestral beings during the Dreamtime, Uluru's many caves, gullies and pockets were all formed due to ancestral beings' actions in the Dreamtime.
For thousands of years, and still today this great spiritual rock is a place of ancient storytelling, paintings and due to the wildlife that make it their home a living representation of ancestral creation and the spirits that still dwell there.
Uluru is Australia’s most iconic international landmark. Tourists come from all over the world to experience the beauty of this ancient spiritual place and watch its colour change as the sun moves across the sky. It is estimated that Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta national parks alone contribute more than $320 million a year in tourism to the Northern Territory economy.
Since the 1985 hand back of title to the Anangu people 25% of those earnings now go to them as a lease payment for tourists to visit the national park. Another 35% goes towards rangers and carers devoted to the natural and cultural preservation of the site and the people, spirits and creatures who call it home.