Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Management Plan 2021
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History of Muṯitjulu community
The establishment of the Muṯitjulu community is related to the development of tourism at Uluṟu, which began in the 1930s and has expanded in the region ever since (see Appendix J). At that time, Aṉangu travelled widely over their ancestral lands pursuing ceremonial life, visiting family, and hunting and collecting food. The semi-permanent water available at Uluṟu made it a particularly important stopping point on these journeys. By the early 1970s Aṉangu found their country more accessible with roads, vehicles, radio communications and
settlements. The establishment of the Ininti Store in 1972 as an Aboriginal enterprise on a lease within the park became the nucleus of a permanent Aṉangu community within the park. Through the handback of the park to Nguraṟitja in 1985 and the development of the Lease between the Director and the Land Trust, the rights of Nguraṟitja and other Aṉangu to reside in the park were formally recognised under Commonwealth law.