🏝️ Wadjemup Maaman Wirin Bidi

Rottnest Island Authority awarded $8.6M contract to Colgan Industries for Wadjemup Aboriginal Burial Ground memorialisation and golf clubhouse access road.

The Maaman Wirin Bidi Project Wadjemup Aboriginal Burial Ground project is a landmark initiative in truth-telling, cultural healing, and public recognition of one of the most significant sites of Aboriginal incarceration and death in custody in Australia. Located on Wadjemup / Rottnest Island, the Wadjemup Aboriginal Burial Ground contains the unmarked graves of hundreds of Aboriginal men and boys from across Western Australia. This package of works includes the Wadjemup Aboriginal Burial Ground Memorialisation and the new Rottnest Island Golf Clubhouse Access Road.

The buyer is the Rottnest Island Authority. The original contract value is $8,608,257 (Fixed Price). The procurement method was Open Advertisement. The winning contractor is Colgan Industries Builders (Colgan Industries Pty Ltd).