Not just Uluru: Traditional owners are fighting to ban climbing on other sites

Indigenous groups continue to push back against public access to sacred sites across the country in an effort to preserve areas of historical and spiritual importance.

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The closing of Uluru to climbers was met with cheers and tears from traditional owners – but across Australia, tourists continue to trek to sacred sites, despite calls from Indigenous people to stay away.

Hundreds of tourists flocked to the rock last week, determined to climb it before it closed for good.

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