Traditional owners of the Uluru National Park in Central Australia commemorated on Monday the 30th year since the iconic heritage site was returned to them.
In 1985, the Australian Federal Government gave the park and the national icon of Uluru back to its traditional owners, under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act.
On Monday, people gathered in Uluru's Mutitjulu community, the site where the Anangu people officially won their land back.
The leader of Australia's Labor Party, Bill Shorten, spoke along with other local leaders.
Shorten said the hand-back empowered the Aboriginal people.
But local land rights activist Vince Forrester suggested there's still a lot to be done to achieve equality, highlighting New Zealand as an example of a country successfully integrating the traditional Maori people and their culture.