BOWHILL & WILDU FORGE
Business Partnership To Empower Aboriginals
At Bowhill Engineering, we’ve always believed in building more than just structures—we’ve built careers, communities, and opportunities. Our recent business partnership with Wildu Industrial Services marks a powerful new chapter in this mission.
Wildu is South Australia’s leading Aboriginal-owned provider of integrated project delivery, committed to creating sustainable economic, social, and cultural impact across communities, industries, and business partnerships nationwide.
This is not a traditional subcontractor agreement. It’s a new model entirely—a business and social ecosystem designed to empower Aboriginal to become business owners, generate wealth and to educate and develop the regional community.
Together, we’re not just talking about Aboriginal engagement—we’re reimagining Aboriginal community engagement strategy.
Dismantling The Old Model
Traditional models of Aboriginal engagement in Australia have largely focused on grants, scholarships, and temporary placements. While these initiatives may assist a few individuals, they often fail to shift long-term outcomes for families, communities, and future generations .Any solution not focused upon future generations, community and tribe, will under-deliver, if not completely fail.
That’s why Bowhill and Wildu are breaking the cycle. We’ve thrown out the old playbook in favour of a commercially competitive, Aboriginal-owned business enterprise model—one that champions self-determination, long-term growth, and true economic empowerment.
A New Aboriginal Business And Social Eco-System
To break this traditional pattern, Wildu and Bowhill Engineering have gathered some of South Australia’s most successful business leaders in Heavy Construction, Private Equity and Investments, Quality and Compliance, and Major Projects.
Guided by NAIDOC Elder of the Year, Parry Agius, we have created an Aboriginal Owned commercial enterprise and social eco-system. Together, our mission is to create a scalable, profitable and purpose-driven Indigenous enterprise capable of servicing large-scale commercial projects, without relying on government grants or charity.
Our business and social entities have the mandate to:
- Win and deliver major work scopes, where
- Delivery is at Commercially Competitive Rates and
- Profits (open book account) fund social outcomes
- Using an Aboriginal self-determination model which
- Focuses upon the regional community
This partnership is not a token gesture, it’s a functional, replicable economic framework for regional empowerment.
Delivering Real Outcomes
Together, Wildu and Bowhill Engineering are ready to deliver major infrastructure projects, with scopes ranging from $1 million to $100 million.
Our combined strengths—Wildu’s ownership model and Bowhill’s structural steel fabrication capabilities—enable us to deliver projects with exceptional quality, compliance, and community impact.
With our proven experience in boilermaker projects, structural steel engineering, and heavy and complex steel fabrication, this partnership represents more than potential—it’s performance with purpose.
Creating Generational Change For Aboriginal And Regional Communities
This partnership is about more than business. It’s about real, generational change. The profits generated from these projects are reinvested into Indigenous communities—funding education, entrepreneurship, and long-term workforce development.
That means real career pathways for Aboriginal people in trades, project management, logistics, compliance and more. It also means breaking cycles of poverty, unemployment, and underrepresentation in industry.
By challenging old models and embracing a future where Aboriginal businesses drive community development, Wildu and Bowhill are leading the way toward a more inclusive and equitable economic future for all Australians.
A New Aboriginal Business And Social Eco-System
As we approach National Reconciliation Week 2025 (May 27-June 3), our partnership embodies this year’s theme of “Bridging Now to Next.” This powerful theme reflects the ongoing connection between past, present, and future in Australia’s reconciliation journey, urging all Australians to step forward together during a time of uncertainty.
Our work with Wildu aligns perfectly with the reconciliation movement’s call to look ahead while being guided by past lessons. We’re not just building steel structures—we’re building bridges between cultures, communities, and economic opportunities that will benefit generations to come.
Our Trusted Partners
Simon Jackson
Simon is a highly skilled manager with 35 year’s experience on large scale construction projects including Lot 14, Adelaide Oval Redevelopment Project, 88 Oconnel St, Hardened and Networked Army and the GHD House refurbishment. Simon is a prominent advocate for establishing and maintaining cultural safety on sites and in workplaces, as evidenced through his work with Linking Futures consulting to industry on cultural inclusion, diversity and indigenous participation.
Parry Agius
SA NAIDOC Male Elder (2024), Churchill Fellow (2004) and Prime Minister’s Centenary Medal Recipient (2000) – Parry brings a 30 year career of drawing together Aboriginal communities with State and Industry projects. The business ventures that Parry leads, collectively work to build indigenous engagement through enabling understanding and collaboration to foster inclusive economic and social engagement.
Dwayne Boyes
Dwayne is a senior manager with 25 year’s experience working as multi-national lead, delivering sovereign level projects to governments, working directly at the Prime Minister and Heads of Government level. Having led major programs in Defence, National Capability and Indigenous-Peoples engagement, Dwayne brings a wealth of high complexity program experience.
