SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The name Ayers Rock came from where?
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Australians
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Europeans
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French
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Brazilians
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1873, the explorer William Gosse became the first non-Aboriginal person to see Uluru . He named it Ayers Rock after Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia at the time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Early European explorers In 1873 another explorer, William Gosse, became the first non-Aboriginal person to see Uluru, naming it Ayers Rock after the Chief Secretary of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ayers grew up in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
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