Key points:
- The Pilbara contracting success story was founded on the back of Fortescue's billion-dollar Aboriginal procurement push.
- Company carries the legacy of one of WA's pioneering Indigenous earthmovers.
- Members voted to wind the business up at a meeting on 30 May.
Cundaline Resources, the 100 per cent Indigenous-owned Western Australian mining and civil contractor, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation.
Members of the company resolved to wind up the business at a general meeting on 30 May 2026 and appointed Robert Allan Jacobs and Andrew Michael Smith of Auxilium Partners in West Perth as joint liquidators, according to a notice published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Cundaline was founded in 2016 by Brenden Taylor, a Nyamal and Tjiwarl man who has led the business as chief executive. The company built its presence across the Pilbara and the Northern Goldfields, with operations in Port Hedland and a head office in Perth, delivering mine site rehabilitation, civil and bulk earthworks, heritage and surveying, and cleaning and housekeeping services.
The business grew during a period when major iron ore producers expanded Aboriginal procurement. Fortescue awarded Cundaline earthworks and rehabilitation work tied to its Iron Bridge project, part of the company's Billion Opportunities program, and Cundaline went on to win contracts at sites including Mount Keith and Marble Bar.
