About Us

Ngurrara Pty Ltd is a 100% Indigenous-owned enterprise recognised for its expertise in civil construction and commitment to safety, culture, and community engagement. The company emphasises leadership in work health and safety while fostering local Aboriginal participation in various projects.

Ngurrara has a commitment to foster a positive, inclusive, and empowering work environment through innovative initiatives that have significantly impacted our organisation and stakeholders.

Ngurrara, established in 2018, continues to invest in the development of our people and in our WHS management system. The company’s mission extends beyond business success, focusing on the holistic development and well-being of its employees and the broader community, as we believe that our people are the ultimate drivers of our successes. Ngurrara believes that nurturing people and culture is essential to achieving sustainable growth and long-term success.

The company is dedicated to preserving and promoting its cultural heritage while pursuing business excellence across various sectors, including energy, environmental management, and community development.

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide Shareholders a platform to deliver projects across the Resources Sector creating enhanced Aboriginal and local community participation.

Our Vision

Collaborate, engage, and form partnerships to deliver solutions and successful outcomes.

Our Values

Collaborate, engage, and form partnerships to deliver solutions and successful outcomes.

Safety First -

Everything we do starts with safety

Indigenous Focus -

Promoting opportunities for Aboriginal people in the Pilbara

Respect for our People -

Our people are the key to our success

Respect for the Land -

Commitment to the environment

Work and Culture -


Commitment to effective communication and promoting positive workplace culture

Highest Quality Service Delivery -

Our commitment to quality will set us apart

Executive Profile - General Manager

Tracey Dhu, our General Manager for Ngurrara, is a proud Bunjima woman from the Pilbara region, with over 20 years of experience in working with Aboriginal organisations. Her experience in the mining and resources industry, her practical experience of systems and processes, and her experience from working from the ground up, has given her a holistic exposure to leadership and managing staff.

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Get to know our team

Our Shareholders are equal participants, and the company is governed by a Board of Directors. The member companies have community linkages to the Banjyma and Kariyarra in the Pilbara region.

Phil Dhu

Chairperson, Managing Director and Shareholder

Evelyn Whitby

Director and Shareholder

Peter Todd

Director, Shareholder and Business Development Executive

Tracey Dhu

General Manager

David Dhu

Corporate Services Manager

Steven Ong

Company Secretary

The BEEDIYAR Program is facilitated by the Australian Institute of Management Western Australia. BEEDIYAR, the Noongar word for ‘leader’ is AIM WA’s landmark executive development program for First Nations leaders. It aims to fast-track Indigenous professionals into executive roles, fostering a new generation of CEOs, directors, and senior executives.

Ngurrara are proud sponsors of the BEEDIYAR Program, and proud that our General Manager is a participant in the BEEDIYAR Program.

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6 Bunbury Place,
Winthrop WA 6150

Phone: 0407 056 102
Email: corporate@ngurrara.com.au

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Phil Dhu

Chairperson, Managing Director and Shareholder

Phillip Dhu (Phil) leads Ngurrara Pty Ltd, both operationally and strategically.

Phil, a proud Banjima Traditional Owner, has over 40 years of hands-on work experience that is complemented by several tertiary and Diploma level qualifications across a broad set of operational and technical functions including Leadership and Business, Civil Construction (Plant Operations), Metalliferous Mining Operations (Open Cut), Surface Extraction Operations, Front Line Management, Training and Assessment Systems, Assessment and Workplace Training, Business Administration, and Work Health and Safety.

Phil also holds several strategy and governance achievements with the AICD and other reputable institutes, including being a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors since 2010, and staying up to date with industry and trends, having undertaken regular training beginning from 2010 through to present day, including undertaking Indigenous focussed governance training, and the AICD Foundations of Directorship (Governance for Directors, Finance for Directors, Strategy and Risk for Directors) and the AICD Company Directors Course (Governance and the Practice of Directorship, The Legal Environment, Risk and Strategy, Financial Literacy and Performance, Achieving Board Effectiveness).

Phil’s business, Total Development (Aust), is an established industry liaison consultancy that specialises in providing professional services for business growth in the mining and civil construction industry.

Evelyn Whitby

Director and Shareholder

Evelyn Whitby is a proud Banjima Traditional Owner.
Evelyn is a strategic leader. Evelyn’s business, Kajarinya, has a great reputation for the development and opportunity of skillsets for people aspiring in the civil and mining industry.

Peter Todd

Director, Shareholder and Business Development Executive

Peter Todd is a proud Banjima and Kariyarra Traditional owner and an operational and strategic leader. As Business Development Executive, Peter has a key role that requires strong communication and networking skills and has a professional level of engagement to sell off Ngurrara’s model of operational activities with the ability to influence, engage and negotiate commercial awareness. Peter’s business, Koodaideri Contracting Services,
provides dry and wet hire of plant and equipment to the industry.

Tracey Dhu

General Manager

Tracey is proud Banjima woman from the WA Pilbara region, with a passion for Indigenous empowerment, advancement, and autonomy. Tracey has been dedicated and driven to making a difference for Indigenous people to thrive through advocacy, representation, and in elevating Indigenous voices.

Tracey’s professional journey over the last 18 years has been in the mining and resources industry in a diverse range of operational and strategic roles, all of which have required effective communication and influencing abilities to build and manage collaborative relationships across all levels of business to deliver sustainable outcomes and results.

A strategic thinker that applies technical capabilities and a holistic view to problem solving, utilising effective communication, and influencing skills to build and manage collaborative relationships across all levels of business to deliver sustainable outcomes and results.

In her various roles as a chairperson and director on boards and committees, Tracey also has demonstrated strategic leadership skills and experience to deliver strategic plans and outcomes.

Tracey has an extensive experience and background in developing, implementing, and managing strategies to meet business needs and regulatory requirements, and is a safety minded individual, with demonstrated experience in applying safe systems of work, through involvement in incident investigations, risk assessments and field leadership activities.
Complimenting her impressive work experience, Tracey also possesses formal tertiary qualifications in several management fields including Human Resources Management, Leadership and Management, Business Administration, and Training and Assessment.

Tracey is a purpose driven, inclusive and experienced frontline manager, with an extensive background in people management, project management, risk and change management, stakeholder engagement, compliance and logistics, training and development and continuous improvement.

David Dhu

Corporate Services Manager

David is a proud Banjima man, from the WA Pilbara region, bringing knowledge and understanding of local, cultural, community and client needs to businesses.

Possessing a genuine passion for Aboriginal advocacy and advancement, and strongly guided by respect for heritage, tradition, and Elders, and is driven and guided by governance and process.

David has provided a range of innovative and sustainable corporate services works for over 15 years to a wide range of businesses and industry.

A member of several reputable institutes, and possessing in-depth work and project experience, complemented by tertiary qualifications achieved in corporate services fields such as Leadership and Management, Human Resources Management, Project Management, Work Health and Safety, Business Administration, Event Management, Records Management, Quality Auditing, Marketing and Communications, Training and Assessment, and Governance and Compliance.

David is a licenced employment agent, authorised by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety to provide a range of end-to-end Human Resources services.

Possessing a unique set of strengths and competencies and a client services, team focused and proactive individual that combines effective communication and strategic thinking abilities to adapt, engage, lead change, and enable teams and peers to strive for continuous improvement to deliver on strategic and operational objectives.

Steven Ong

Company Secretary

Steven Ong is an operational leader. Steven’s background is in Accounting and Finance, and he is an established and operation focused Commercial Manager and Financial Controller with more than 20 years of corporate and operational finance/accounting/commercial experience in large and SME companies.

Steven is a CPA (Certified Practicing Accountant) with a broad range of capabilities including:

  • Commercial, Contracts, Tenders, IT, Financial and Risk Management
  • Project Management and Project performance (including start-up companies)

Steven coordinates the governance of the Ngurrara Board and oversees the finances of Ngurrara.