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Technology brings traditional stories to life on the Murray Darling</h1><div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;outline:none 0px;color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
By <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/elise--pianegonda/4246604" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(49,0,153);text-decoration:none">Elise Pianegonda</a></div><p class="" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.3334;font-size:12px;color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
Updated <span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word">Thu 28 Nov 2013, 8:47am AEDT</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.3334">​</span></p></div><b>A new collaboration of film, technology and Indigenous knowledge is inviting travellers to explore one of the oldest cultures on Earth.</b><br>
<br>Inspired by an ancient ceremony bringing life to Australia's waterways, Ringbalin: River Stories is a geo-located smartphone application taking travellers on a virtual exploration down the Murray Darling River.<br>
<br>The app featuring more than 50 hand-painted maps, guides visitors to sites of significance along the river banks where eight elders from some of the 40 First Nations tell their stories.<br><br>All GPS-coded, the sound of clap-sticks begins when users approach a story site.<br>
<br>Director of the Ringbalin project Ben Pederick says the app features nearly 100 films, 30 audio journeys and 20 photo stories.<br><br>"You can travel through the country and be guided by the elder," he said.<div>
<br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:large">​</span>Access full article below: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-28/technology-brings-traditional-stories-to-life-on-murray-darling/5121614">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-28/technology-brings-traditional-stories-to-life-on-murray-darling/5121614</a>​</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Media link:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://www.ringbalin-riverstories.com">http://www.ringbalin-riverstories.com</a><br>
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