Introduction Background to the park Operating safely and responsibly Understanding cultural and natural values
Introduction Background to the Park Operating safely and responsibly Understanding cultural and natural values
 

Chronology of the establishment of Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park

The table in the reading below shows the progression of events over many years, from the late 1800s to the time preceding the establishment of Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park.

While you are not expected to know all the dates, you should know about some of the more significant dates as guides are are commonly asked about these. The most frequenty asked questions would relate to:

  • dates of arrival of explorers, and the decades in which other Europeans started to influence Anangu
  • proclamation of the Park and subsequent changes of names
  • the date of ‘hand back’, and the events leading up to this
  • the dates of the two World Heritage listings, and what they were for.

Reading

Reading: Timeline since European arrival (pdf 491kb | UKTNP Handbook pp.22-28)

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ANEC Biplane Lovebird VH-UGF at Ayers Rock, NT 1930
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