Ayers Rock
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He stopped to photograph greenery, unexpectedly lush after the rain; a quintet of roadside feral camels; and Uluru, the vast sandstone monolith once known as Ayers Rock, which many Australians consider the country’s spiritual heart.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023
Meanwhile, Australia's giant monolith Ayers Rock was renamed Uluru in 1993, switching from its colonial namesake, former South Australian Premier Sir Henry Ayers, to the language of its traditional owners, the Anangu people.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2021
The next time I saw her was at a shoot at Ayers Rock, and she was transformed.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2013
What use are memories of the sun rising over Ayers Rock to a lawyer?
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2011
There are two roads from Alice Springs to Uluru — also known as Ayers Rock and, despite its location in the middle of the desert, among Australia’s most popular tourist destinations.
From Washington Post
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