Uluru's handback followed decades of lobbying to have the rights of Traditional Owners recognised. Photo: Lloyd Jones/AAP PHOTOS

Celebrations are underway in the Red Centre with traditional song, dance and arts on display to mark 40 years since the giant rock known as Uluru was handed back to the Anungu people.

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The return of ownership of Uluru and nearby Kata Tjuta, also known as Ayers Rock and The Olgas, on October 26, 1985, was a symbolic high point for Aboriginal land rights.

Then governor-general Ninian Stephen handed over the title deeds for the rock to the Anangu Traditional

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