SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
Australian Indigenous Culture
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
Martin Bollmeyer
Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
Instructions to Student:
Answer all questions fully using information provided on the UKTNP Knowledge Handbook
(http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/handbook.pdf) and the UKTNP Knowledge
for Tour Guides website http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/tourism/uluru/
1.
Use your own words, do not “cut & paste”.
2.
The “Blue font” question is the main assignment task, find the answers to the “Red font” questions and
include them in your main task answer. Do not just answer the red font questions only.
3.
See, visit and use the useful links, see below.
4.
Write your assignments in a Word Document; include a header with your name and student number. Include a
signed Assignment Cover Sheet with each assignment submitted.
5.
Submit your assignments to uluru-online@cdu.edu.au
Student Tutorials:
You can phone any time Monday – Friday for assistance but, please note Martin (Ludgate) and I (Marty Bollmeyer)
are available Tuesday afternoons for tutorials either face to face (Alice Springs), over the phone or Skype. Please
return email to make a booking with a convenient time, date and phone number, we will return your call.
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation Useful Links below:
UKTNP Knowledge for Tour Guides website: http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/tourism/uluru/
Parks Website: http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/index.html
Read UKTNP Knowledge Handbook: http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/handbook.pdf
Read UKTNP Visitor Guide booklet: http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/visitor-guide.pdf
Parks website “language page”: http://environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/culture-history/culture/anangu-languages.html
Parks Website “Publications” http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/publications.html
UKTNP Plan of Management 2010 – 2020
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/management-plan.pdf
EPBC Act: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/epbc-act-fact-sheet.html
SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
Australian Indigenous Culture
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
Martin Bollmeyer
Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
Assignment Tasks:
Assessment Task One: Cross Cultural Awareness: (Generic to UKTNP & KNP)
Please write or present a talk that you could give to a small group of tourists to introduce them to the concept of
cultural awareness while visiting the National Park. Your answer could include:
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treating people of all backgrounds with respect;
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how people can have differing views of the world;
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respecting the cultural integrity of the area;
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Traditional cultural values.
Click on link below to watch video:
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/video/welcome-to-country.html
Guide to Answering this task. Incorporate the answers to the below questions into your answer to this task.
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What is meant by the word “Culture”?
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What are the four themes of the key interpretive messages of the Park?
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What advice would you give your clients in relation to cross cultural awareness & protocols?
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What are the 3 guidelines for tour operator’s practise and behaviour are as outlined in the Plan of
Management.
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How do traditional cultural values influence the way in which Anangu see their country and guide their
knowledge of country?
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Archaeological evidence suggests that Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for 50,000 -70,000 years. How
many years has there been human habitation around Uluru according to archaeological research?
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What are the traditional language/dialects spoken around Uluru.
How you would respond to a client on your trip that continually made negative and/or derogatory remarks about
Indigenous people or culture. Your answer could expand on:
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finding out why they think that way;
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talking about different cultures and perceptions;
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educating the client on some basic facts about Indigenous cultures;
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informing the client about the dangers of stereotyping people;
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What are the benefits of encouraging open discussion with the tour group about different perceptions of
culture?
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What steps and actions would you take if a client continues to make negative cultural comments which
impacts on the dynamics of the tour group?
SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
Australian Indigenous Culture
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
Martin Bollmeyer
Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
Assessment Task Two: Park History
Please write or present a talk that you could give to a small group of tourists, introducing them to the exploration and
settlement of the Uluru region by non-Indigenous people.
Your answer needs to include the:
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What is the Anangu view of the history of the area?
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sequence of explorers’ arrivals, and the reasons they came
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sequence of white settlement of the area
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sequence of events leading to the award of the titles to Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park to traditional owners
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sequence of the proclamation and World Heritage listing of Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park
Assessment Task Three: International Significance
Outline information about Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park’s World Heritage listings, the affect the listing has on the
Management of the Park and how Anangu regard the world heritage listing. Include any awards the Park has received.
Click on link below to watch video:
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/video/world-heritage.html
Guide to Answering this task. Incorporate the answers to the below questions into your answer to this task.
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What is a Biosphere Reserve and what year was the Park’s Biosphere Reserve awarded?
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Give a brief description of World Heritage and what is its aim?
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The Park has been World Heritage listed twice, when and what for?
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Briefly describe the Anangu view of World Heritage?
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What are the implications for park management of World Heritage listing?
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What UNESCO award did the Park win in 1995 and for what reasons?
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If a client wished to know more about the Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park’s World Heritage listings, its biosphere
reserve status, and other aspects of its national and international significance, where you could get the
information from? Include useful websites.
SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
Australian Indigenous Culture
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
Martin Bollmeyer
Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
Assessment Task Four: Joint Management (Generic to UKTNP & KNP)
If you were planning to establish a new tourism activity in the National Park that includes Aboriginal involvement,
what issues and processes would you need to consider?
Your answer needs to include:
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modern and ancient views of land ownership and management
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The Board of Management, Plan of Management and the vision for the Park.
Click on link below to watch videos:
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/video/joint-management.html
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/video/working-together.html
Guide to Answering this task. Incorporate the answers to the below questions into your answer to this task.
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Since the Handback in 1985, what is the legal arrangement in relation to ownership and management of the
land forming the National Park?
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What is your understanding of joint management? And what do you see as the benefits of joint
management? Give an example of joint management?
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Describe the make up of the Park Board of Management and how this affects the Joint Management?
How does Jennifer Taylor’s “Working Together “painting describe joint management?
Link: http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/visitor-guide.pdf
From the Board of Management Vision outlined in the UKTNP Management Plan 2010 -2020, what are aims of all Park
management policies and programs?
How do Anangu benefit from the Hand Back and lease agreement?
Describe the responsibilities of the Park Board of Management?
For your proposed tourism activity what concept would you include to meet the Board of Management’s vision?
Assessment Task Five: Park Management
SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
Australian Indigenous Culture
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
Martin Bollmeyer
Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
Park Management is divided into five (6) sections, name and briefly describe these sections. (Note since the publication of the
Knowledge Handbook, Parks have taken Operations out of NCR as a stand-alone department making six sections)
What is the role and composition of the Tourism Consultative Committee?
Assessment Task Six: Compliance (Generic to UKTNP & KNP)
6.A
Write or present a briefing you could give your clients about the legal structures governing the National Park and how
these relate to their behaviour whilst in the Park. Your answer should expand on the following:
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EPBC Act
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EPBC Regulations
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The National Park Plan of Management
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Conditions of the commercial tour operator permit.
Guide to Answering this task. Incorporate the answers to the below questions into your answer to this task.
Useful Link: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/epbc-act-fact-sheet.html
What does EPBC stand for?
What is the purpose of the EPBC Act?
How does the EPBC ACT determine the management of the Park?
Which objectives of the EPBC Act particularly that relate to Indigenous people?
What are the responsibilities of tour operators? (Pg. 56 – 57 UKTNP Knowledge Handbook)
What are the responsibilities of visitors when in the Park?
How does point two of the Tour Guide Code of Practice relate to guide responsibilities tour operators permit
conditions?
What sections of the General Permit Conditions, Land Based Tour Permit Conditions and UKTNP Conditions directly
affect guides? (Pg. 67 – 68 UKTNP Knowledge Handbook)
Assessment Seven: Exploring the Park
Cultural Centre kutu warara pitjama (Visit the Cultural Centre First)
SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
Australian Indigenous Culture
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
Martin Bollmeyer
Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
7A: Write or present a talk in which you tell clients about the importance of visiting the Cultural Centre before
exploring the Park, and how this will affect their experience of the Park.
Click on link below to watch video:
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/video/we-do-not-climb.html
7B: A group of tourists is about to take a tour of the Cultural Centre what do you need to emphasize to the guests
regarding the protocols of the Centre?
Guide to Answering this task. Incorporate the answers to the below questions into your answer to this task.
What entrance of the Cultural Centre (CC) should you start your tour?
What does the black tape covering the name of Anangu on the display boards signify?
Can you as a guide conduct an escorted tour of the CC?
7C: Explain the logo of the Cultural Centre?
7D: Name the 8 main sensitive sites around Uluru that cannot be photographed?
Assessment Task Eight: Minimizing Environmental Impact (Generic to UKTNP & KNP)
“The minimal impact techniques are separated into two groups, Cultural Minimal Impacts & Environmental Minimal
Impacts, despite the fact that they are interrelated. Anangu through Tjukurpa ensures that the balance between
human beings and the environment are maintained”.
8A: Write or present a list of your top rules for minimal cultural impact techniques for your clients to follow.
8B: Write or present a list of your top rules for minimal environmental impact techniques for your clients to follow.
8C: For the following scenario detail some of the minimal impact considerations that would help to protect the
integrity of the cultural and natural values of the National Park.
“You are escorting a tour group in a four-wheel drive to Valley of the Winds intending to have lunch”.
Assessment Task Nine: Visitor Safety (Generic to UKTNP & KNP)
SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
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UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
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Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
9A: What are the standard operating procedures for accidents and incidents in the National Park?
9B: What information would include in your safety message/briefing to your clients?
9C: Read the following scenarios and formulate appropriate written or verbal actions to minimise the risk to visitor
safety for each scenario.
Scenario 1
List the location of all the ECD’s within the park?
Scenario 2
You come across a vehicle accident within the park, what steps would you take?
Scenario 3
What actions will you take if you discover one of your clients is missing after completing a walk in the park?
Scenario 4
A client is red-faced, flushed and looks unsteady on their feet. What action should you take?
9D: What would your response be if a client asked why the Anangu do not want visitors climbing Uluru?
“Nganana Tatintja Wiya – We don’t climb, please don’t climb”
Assessment Task Ten: Indigenous Cultural Values
10A: In your own words how would you explain the concept of Tjukurpa to a group of tourists?
Click on link below to watch videos:
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/video/about-tjukurpa.html
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/video/creation-story.html
You need to include in your answer:
How is tjukurpa passed on?
What obligations do non-Anangu tour guides have for respecting Tjukurpa stories?
If you are asked by a client to elaborate further on a Tjukurpa story that the Traditional Owners have made public, how
should you respond?
Why is it inappropriate to refer to Tjukurpa as “dreamtime” or “dreaming”?
Use language in your answers and commentaries, see link below: http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/culture/culture/anangu-languages.html
SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
Australian Indigenous Culture
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
Martin Bollmeyer
Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
10B: What are the forms of traditional Anangu art and what is the purpose of the art?
10C: You are about to take a group of visitors on a walk to Mutitjulu waterhole. In your own words write a
commentary for the Kuniya-Liru story. Include the physical evidence of the Tjukuritja in this location.
10D: You are about to take a group of visitors on the Mala walk, In your own words write a commentary for the Mala
story.
10E: In your own words write a commentary for the Lungkata Story. Include the physical evidence of the Tjukuritja.
10F: In traditional culture how was fire used? Page 114 – 118 UKTNP Knowledge Handbook.
How does the Park use fire as a management tool?
Scenario: You spot a small fire some distance from the road. What are your actions and why do you act in this way?
Your answer needs to include what your actions involve and the importance to the Park of reporting fire.
10G: You are leading a group of tourists to Kata Tjuta, if a client asks you if there were any Tjukurpa stories that relate
to this area, how would you respond?
Assessment Task 11: Natural Values
By this stage you should have a good understanding of the natural values of Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park and the
crucial role played by visitors to maintain these.
You should write or present a talk that you could give to a group of tourists that would introduce them to the unique
natural values of Uluru–Kata Tjuta.
Your answer would need to expand upon:
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a description of the main features of the geological history of the region
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a discussion on the diversity of landscapes and habitats within the National Park
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information on diversity of wildlife and plants, including some of the significant flora and fauna found in the
Park
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some of the introduced threats to the natural values of Uluru–Kata Tjuta
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The role visitors can play to helping to protect and maintain these unique natural values.
Guide to Answering this task. Incorporate the answers to the below questions into your answer to this task.
What is the geological history of the region?
How long have the sand dunes in the park been in there present position and why?
SITTGDE008A - Research & Share General Information About
Australian Indigenous Culture
UKTNP Tour Guide Accreditation - Assignment Tasks
Version: 3.0
Administered:
Martin Bollmeyer
Approved: Team Leader
Next Review: December 2013
How deep is the water table around UKTNP? How old is the water estimated to be?
What is the reason for the colour changes of Uluru and Kata Tjuta at sunset?
What are the habitats identified by both the Traditions Owners and scientists found in UKTNP?
How do Anangu feel about the removal of rocks and sand from the Park?
What are some of the introduced threats to the natural values of UKTNP? Include flora and fauna.
What’s the difference between how Anangu and piranpa identify seasons?
Assessment Task 12 - Verbal
About a 20 - 30 minute Q&A on general knowledge of the Park, revise of assessments and questions a client may ask.
To assist you with pronunciations of Pitjantjatjara words click on the link below:
http://environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/culture-history/culture/anangu-languages.html