Mount Augustus
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About Mount Augustus
Mount Augustus is located in the Mount Augustus National Park in Western Australia. The name is also given to the neighbouring pastoral lease, Mount Augustus Station. The local Wadjari people call it Burringurrah, after a Dreamtime figure, a young boy who was speared and turned into a rock.
Mount Augustus: Preserving Australia's lesser-known sacred rock
Mount Augustus : Preserving Australia's lesser-known sacred rock
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mount Augustus : Preserving Australia's lesser-known sacred rockCloseMount Augustus is a huge rock in Western Australia that has often drawn comparisons to a more famous landmark, Uluru.
Known as Burringurrah to The Local Aboriginal people, it too has been a sacred site for thousands of years.
Indigenous rangers have recently stepped up efforts to preserve it.
Video by Isabelle Rodd
Source of news: bbc.com
