Uluru
Introduction
Explorer William Gosse who visited Uluru in July 1873 named the rock after Sir Henry Ayers the governor of South Australia. From 1873 to 1985 Uluru was claimed to be English territory.
Did you know?
Did you know that Uluru was in the middle of a lake and was an island 70 million years ago? Uluru is also the biggest exposed rock (Monolith). Uluru has a 'brain shape' etched into it near the top, and a tail which hangs separated from the main body of the rock. The Tail was formed by weathering.
How did it get there?
No one knows for sure how it got there. All we can do is guess. Maybe it was just formed there, or it could just of been a coincidence. Some think that it could have been an asteroid from out of space, but this is not true.
The Kangaroo Tail 
'The brain'
What is it?
Uluru is a huge sandstone monolith which has been exposed by weathering away of the surrounding land over many years. There is little rain to support the spinifex which grows on the plain around it.