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| Prince William and Catherine visit Aboriginal site of Uluru | |
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| The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited the sacred Aboriginal site of Uluru as they continue their tour of Australia. | |
| The royal couple were presented with an Aboriginal spear at the landmark, also known as Ayers Rock. | |
| They flew to Yulara, close to Uluru, before visiting the National Indigenous Training Academy. | They flew to Yulara, close to Uluru, before visiting the National Indigenous Training Academy. |
| Their son, Prince George, is not with them on this stage of the tour. He has stayed in Canberra with his nanny. | Their son, Prince George, is not with them on this stage of the tour. He has stayed in Canberra with his nanny. |
| The Duchess of Cambridge described the sight of Uluru from the air as "absolutely stunning". | |
| Before touring the site, the royal couple visited the National Indigenous Training Academy to present recent hospitality and catering graduates with their certificates. | |
| There William was presented with a spear by students Kamurin and Sherelle Young. | |
| Mrs Young said afterwards: "William was pleased; he was so thankful. | |
| "I told him it was made from wood from the mulga tree and that it had kangaroo vein, used as twine, on it. He was shocked - he said, 'Wow!'" | |
| The duke and duchess went on a brief walkabout, meeting well-wishers including Amanda Bartels, who had driven for five hours from Alice Springs to see them. | |
| Ms Bartels, who was holding her 10-month-old son Nathan, said after meeting the duchess: "I asked her if she was missing George and she said she was so I said my son could be her George substitute. | |
| "She let him play with her bracelet and she said, 'You like that; do you want it?'." | |
| Uluru - a sandstone mound almost 350 metres high, more than two miles long and a mile wide - has great cultural significance to the Aboriginal people. |