At anniversary celebrations, traditional owners point to lost opportunities and call on government to work with local people ‘to get things right’ A two-day event marking the 30th anniversary of the return of Uluru and Kata Tjuta to the rightful owners has heard the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people gain not seen the benefits they should gain.
In 1985 the governor general Sir Ninian Stephen handed the title deeds of the lands known previously by non-Indigenous Australia as Ayers Rock and the Olgas – back to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people. Within minutes it was re-signed back to the government under a 99-year lease as a national park. The anniversary events on Sunday and Monday were organised and run by Parks Australia.
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Source: theguardian.com