AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA.

National Parks.
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park.
Second stamp in a set of 7, issued on 06.04.1979.
Face value: 20 cents of Australian dollar.
Design: Max Robinson (1934-2018).
Printed by Asher and Co., Melbourne.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 38 x 27 mm.

Catalogs
- Brusden-White No. 838.
- Michel No. 674.
- Scott No. 701.
- Seven Seas Stamps No. 726.
- StampWorld No. 673.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 709.
- Unificato No. 714.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 656.

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The park is home to both Uluṟu / Ayers Rock and Kata Tjuṯa / Mount Olga. It covers 1,326 km² (512 sq mi). The location is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for natural and cultural landscape. Uluṟu / Ayers Rock is recognised as "Australia's most natural icon" and has become a focal point for Australia and the world's acknowledgement of Australian indigenous culture. Aṉangu are the traditional Aboriginal owners of the Park. They believe that their culture was created at the beginning of time by ancestral beings. The domed rock formations are composed of conglomerate, a sedimentary rock consisting of cobbles and boulders of varying rock types including granite and basalt, cemented by a matrix of sandstone. The crevasses are due to erosion. The Ayers Rock National Park was recognised in 1950.