MAIAM NAYRI WINGARA LOGO

The Maiam nayri Wingara logo uses cultural iconography in the context of data. It represents Indigenous men’s and Indigenous women’s data through point estimates and confidence intervals.

The logo represents how Indigenous data can be used by Indigenous peoples for our own purposes.


MAIAM NAYRI WINGARA Language

Maiam nayri Wingara is a collective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from many different countries and mobs. Our name comes from different language groups to represent the diversity of our collective.

MAIAM

Maiam is an Eastern Island language, Meriam Mer, of the Torres Strait. The Eastern Island groups include Mer (Murray Island), Erub (Darnley Island) and Ugar (Stephen Island). Maiam means 'welcome' and it is often said twice in a tone that is welcoming.

NAYRI

nayri is the palawa kani word for ‘good’, as in a good and important thing.

WINGARA

Wingara was gifted by the D’harawal Traditional Descendants and Knowledge Holders Circle. Wingara is a deep and meaningful understanding achieved only after careful and considered negotiation of varying pathways to learning.