Title Uluru : looking after Uluru-Kata Tjuta the Anangu way / Stanley Breeden

Published Marleston, S. Aust. : J.B. Books, 1997

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'BOOL	919.4291 Bre/Ula 1997		AVAILABLE

Description xiii, 210 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits ; 25 cm Contents 1. From a sand dune -- 2. Rain over Uluru -- 3. Origins: Anangu and Tjukurpa -- 4. Into Kata Tjuta's interior -- 5. Origins: Piranpa and geology -- 6. In the arid zone -- 7. Adapted to flood and famine -- 8. Tracks -- 9. Droughts and rabbits, extinctions and fire -- 10. The coming of Piranpa -- 11. Anangu and handback -- 12. Working together -- 13. To climb or not to climb? -- 14. The nature of Uluru-Kata Tjuta Summary General survey of the natural and cultural significance of Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park; summary of creation stories - associated mythology; geology; fauna and flora; Anangu environmental knowledge - tracking, representation in acrylic painting; environmental management; contact history - explorers and anthropologists - includes Anangu assessment of Mountford and Harney; formation of the national park and the handback; joint management - Anangu rangers; biographies of local Anangu; attitudes to climbing Uluru Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and index Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Uluru National Park Land use -- Australia -- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (N.T.) -- Management. Land use -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Uluru National Park -- Management Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Uluru National Park Natural history -- Uluru National ParkAboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Uluru National ParkUluru National Park (N.T.) Natural history -- Australia -- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (N.T.) Natural history -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Uluru National Park Pitjantjatjara (Australian people) Yankunytjatjara (Australian people) SUBJECT Mutitjulu (N.T.) Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88006065 Uluru National Park (NT) ISBN 0646307630

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