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Australia's famed Uluru to be closed to climbers
8:18pm IST - 01:16
Australia's world-famous Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, will be closed to climbers from 2019, its management board said on Wednesday, ending a decades-long campaign by Aborigines to protect their sacred monolith in the Northern Territory. Scarlett Cvitanovich reports.
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It's one of Australia's most famed landmarks. And if you've ever wanted to climb to the summit of Uluru, there's not a lot of time left. From 2019, the outback monolith formerly known as Ayers Rock will be closed to climbers. The decision has been debated for over 30 years, ever since the park was returned to indigenous hands. Uluru has cultural significance for Aborigines and is believed to be a sacred area for men. Its deeds were handed to its traditional owners, the Anangu people, in 1985, and it was decided once the proportion of visitors who tried to climb the rock dropped below 20 percent, it would close. Now that's happened. The ban will take effect in October 2019 - exactly 34 years since it was handed back. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL PARKS SALLY BARNES SAYING: "We will need some experts to help us work out how we restore and rehabilitate, if that's what the traditional owners want?" Around 300-thousand visitors travel to the landmark each year, including some familiar faces. From 2019, they will all have to make do with viewing it from a distance.
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Australia's famed Uluru to be closed to climbers
8:18pm IST - 01:16
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