Editing Uluru (section)

===Tourism (1936–1960s)===
The first tourists arrived in the Uluru area in 1936. Permanent European settlement of the area began in the 1940s under Aboriginal welfare policy and to promote tourism at Uluru. This increased tourism prompted the formation of the first vehicular tracks in 1948 and tour bus services began early in the 1950s. In 1958, the area that would become the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park was excised from the Petermann Reserve; it was placed under the management of the Northern Territory Reserves Board and named the Ayers Rock–Mount Olga National Park. The first [[park ranger|ranger]] was Bill Harney, a well-recognised central Australian figure.<ref name="uktnppm"/> By 1959, the first motel leases had been granted and Eddie Connellan had constructed an airstrip close to the northern side of Uluru.<ref name="engovauhistory"/> Following a 1963 suggestion from the Northern Territory Reserves Board, a chain was laid to assist tourists in climbing the landmark.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-26/tourism-pioneer-who-laid-the-chain-at-uluru-peter-severin/11635676 Tourism pioneer Peter Severin laid the chain up Uluru. He predicts it will return] ''ABC News'', 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.</ref> The chain was removed in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-11-13 |title=Unchained Uluru may take 'thousands of years' to return to its natural state |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-13/uluru-chains-removed-after-climb-closed/11700178 |access-date=2023-04-15}}</ref>