{"id":2195,"date":"2016-03-06T13:53:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T05:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/06\/this-app-teaches-australia-about-its-500-indigenous-first-nations\/"},"modified":"2016-03-06T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T05:53:16","slug":"this-app-teaches-australia-about-its-500-indigenous-first-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/06\/this-app-teaches-australia-about-its-500-indigenous-first-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"This app teaches Australia about its 500 Indigenous first nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sddefault\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAzLzA2LzdjL3NkZGVmYXVsdC41NGQwNS5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4MzIzIwplCWpwZw\/43e8a9f9\/9b1\/sddefault.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=This+app+teaches+Australia+about+its+500+Indigenous+first+nations&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F03%2F06%2Fwelcome-to-country-australia%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F03%2F06%2Fwelcome-to-country-australia%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">When Kevin Rudd was prime minister of Australia,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngarluma.com.au\/\">Ngarluma man<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Tyson Mowarin was struck that the Mandarin-speaking leader could say hello at the foot of the Great Wall of China, but could not say hello in the local indigenous language at the foot of Uluru.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.welcometocountry.mobi\/\">Welcome to Country<\/a>, his free iOS app that uses geo-location to deliver users cultural information about Aboriginal groups indigenous to the area, <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Mowarin told <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Mashable Australia <\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">he\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">hopes to ensure<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0all Australians know as much about the country&#8217;s native people as they do about countries across the ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/25\/mina-guli-water-scarcity\/\">The businesswoman running 1,040 miles across 7 deserts for water<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/03\/06\/welcome-to-country-australia\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/tyson-mowarin\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tyson Mowarin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/apps\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Apps<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/welcome-to-country\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Welcome To Country<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Australia<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/tlwKaEnpIBE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Kevin Rudd was prime minister of Australia,\u00a0Ngarluma man\u00a0Tyson Mowarin was struck that the Mandarin-speaking leader could say hello at the foot of the Great Wall of China, but could not say hello in the local indigenous language at the &hellip; 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