Traditional owners mark Uluru handback

HUNDREDS of people celebrated the 30th anniversary of the handback of Uluru and Kata Tjuta to traditional Aboriginal owners on Sunday.

AS the thermometer inched towards 40C and the sun beat down on Uluru, the traditional Anangu people of the region celebrated their triumphant win over the Australian government in reclaiming their land.

THIRTY years ago, on October 26, 1985, the federal government returned the lands of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to their rightful owners.