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Aṉangu life and culture, which includes systems of history, knowledge, philosophy, religion, morality and human behaviour that form the basis of Aṉangu values and how Aṉangu live and look after their country

 tjuḻpu bird

 tjuṉu water soak

         Uluṟu name of the rock formerly known as Ayers Rock. It is also the name for some of its custodians and is taken from the name of a waterhole on the summit

 wana digging stick waṉampi-tjara large spring
         Yankunytjatjara an Aboriginal dialect belonging to the language group linguists call the Western Desert language
   Appendix C
   World Heritage values of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park

   Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List for natural values in 1987 and then for cultural values in 1994.

   Examples of the World Heritage values for which Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park was inscribed are listed below. These are illustrative of the World Heritage values of the property and are not necessarily a comprehensive list of the values. Other sources, such as the nomination documents provide a more detailed understanding of the values listed.

   Criteria (v)

   Being an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change.

   Examples of the World Heritage values for which the park was listed

   Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is an outstanding example of the traditional human settlement and land-use known as hunting and gathering. Relatively few contemporary hunting and gathering cultures now exist throughout the world. The World Heritage values include:
    •      the continuing cultural landscape of the Aṉangu Tjukurpa that constitutes the landscape of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park and which:
     –     is an outstanding example of a traditional human type of settlement and land-use, namely hunting and gathering, that dominated the entire Australian continent up to modern times
     –     shows the interactions between humans and their environment

     –     is in large part the outcome of millennia of management using traditional Aṉangu methods governed by the Tjukurpa
     –     is one of relatively few places in Australia where landscapes are actively managed by Aboriginal communities on a substantial scale using traditional practices and knowledge that include:
       -      particular types of social organisation, ceremonies and rituals which form an adaptation to the fragile and unpredictable ecosystems of the arid landscape
       -      detailed systems of ecological knowledge that closely parallel, yet differ from, the Western scientific classification

       -      management techniques to conserve biodiversity such as the use of fire and the creation and maintenance of water sources such as wells and rock holes.

 Criteria (vi)

 Being directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or