Thanks to Roads Australia for shining a spotlight on social procurement and giving Wamarra the opportunity to share our achievements amongst a room of our clients and supporters.  In his keynote, Managing Director Hayden Heta, highlighted the positive impact the social procurement framework is having on Aboriginal businesses and individuals, by providing opportunity that would […]

The City of Melbourne has awarded Wamarra and Symal Stage One of The Greenline Project in a joint venture.  The first 500m stage of the project is set to transform the Yarra River, with the whole project connecting Birrarung Marr to the Bolte Bridge.   The upgraded promenade, located on culturally significant Kulin nation lands, […]

Congratulations to our team for taking out the inaugural Homes Victoria Excellence in Social Procurement Award at the 2023 Master Builders Victoria Excellence in Construction Awards for our work on the Bell to Preston Landscaping project.   Our mandate is unambiguous: we build large and small quality construction projects while strengthening Aboriginal participation and engagement within the […]

For NAIDOC Week, Wamarra held a Kup Murri with Symal on the lands of the Wadawurrung people.​ This annual event is a symbolic way for us to celebrate and share Aboriginal culture with non-Indigenous people. ​Our dedicated team showed incredible comradery to get up before dawn to prepare the ground oven-cooked feast for over 150 people. ‘For our Elders’ was the theme of this year’s […]

National Reconciliation Week is a time for all of us to reflect on the past, embrace diversity and move towards a more united future under this year’s theme “Be a Voice for Generations.”  The Wamarra team embarked on captivating cultural tours throughout the week, immersing themselves not only in the rich history held by our […]

Wamarra is delighted to be awarded the contract by Grande Experiences to fit out THE LUME Melbourne, located at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre for the new Indigenous-themed, first-of-its-kind cultural experience, Connection: Breathtaking Stories Through First Nations Art and Music. The Connection experience will take visitors on a journey of discovery across Australia, bringing to life the stories, […]

We’re pleased to announce that Operations Manager, Adam Salamone has been elevated to the role of General Manager for Wamarra leading the growth and expansion strategy while continuing to strengthen Aboriginal participation and engagement.   With over 14 years in the Construction industry, Adam brings a wealth of experience to the GM role, having worked on […]

Wamarra is proud to partner with Skillsy to empower industry professionals with an immersive Intro to Infrastructure course.   Learning and development of our people is a top priority at Wamarra, so when the opportunity arose to have Area Manager, Stuart Burnett attend the Skillsy course in Melbourne we jumped at it!    Skillsy Head of Partnerships, […]

We are thrilled to announce that Wamarra has been recognised with the Private Sector Employer Award and our valued team member Allan Norris received the nominated award for Private Sector Employee at the Wurreka Awards 2022.   The Wurreker Awards, presented by VAEAI (Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc) and the Victoria Government, recognise excellence in Aboriginal […]

We are thrilled to announce that this year, our undergraduate engineer, Taryn Bitzas, took home the Outstanding Student, Apprentice or Trainee award! The beginning of the night was filled with anticipation – hundreds of nominees were buzzing with excitement to see who would take home the awards for the night (and also to be amongst […]