Dreamtime Story #2 Ayers Rock

This week, I read an Urulu dreamtime story that revolves around one of the most sacred sites for Indigenous Australians; Ayers Rock. Ayers Rock is very unique geologically and contains many holes. This is the Dreamtime story of how those holes were created.


"Long, long ago in the Dreamtime the animals gave shape to some of the Rock. At that time a young Woma Python, called Kuniya was surprised by a group of Liru, which are venomous snakes. The Liru threw spears at the python and killed him. So hard did they throw their spears, that the points made holes in The Rock. The boy's aunt, called Kuniya, was so angry that she killed one of the Liru with her stick. They made holes in the rock when the points of Kuniya's stick hit it. You can still see these holes today. Kuniya, the Woma Python can still be seen as a dark wavy line on Uluru."


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This story not only explains the holes in Ayers Rock but it also serves to remind all Indigenous Australians that those holes are a symbol of the consequences of anger.