The first thing I thought of when I saw "Uluru", was Lurulu the troll from Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_ ... oll%20sent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_ ... oll%20sent
And it turns out that Lurulu is actually an entire book by Jack Vance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuruluLurulu — A troll sent by the Elf King to deliver a rune that will return Lirazel to Elfland, who later becomes Orion's whipper-in and lures other creatures of Elfland to Erl. He and the brown trolls aid Orion by controlling his hounds, and they live in a pigeon roost while in Erl.
Plot
In Lurulu, Myron continues in his role as crewman of the space freighter, the Glicca, under Captain Adair Maloof. The Glicca is crewed by an eccentric mix of picaresque rogues, pilgrims and intellectuals. The crew are searching for the mysterious "lurulu", "a special word from the language of myth," that refers to a sense of longing.
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