Cbus Property is creating authentic connections to place

NOVEMBER 2025

In FY2025, Cbus Property brought its commitment to reconciliation to life through a series of initiatives that honour Country and First Nations peoples and cultures, embed reconciliation into the fabric of our buildings and foster meaningful engagement with our employees and tenant partners.

During National Reconciliation Week, we launched a new Cultural Learning Plan that includes an online First Nations training module for all employees. Our tenant partners and team members engaged in various experiences across our offices, from yarning circles and sound meditations to book drives.

Coinciding with NAIDOC Week, members of our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) working group and Melbourne office volunteers participated in Meals for the Mob, a program developed in consultation with First Nations communities to provide targeted food relief through free, nutritious, ready-to-eat meals. During our three-hour shift, we helped create 1,829 meals.

In parallel, we unveiled a bold new artwork at each of our offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, developed by proud Gumbaynggirr woman and activist, Aretha Brown.

To mark construction commencement of our new residential development, 185 Wharf St, Brisbane, we hosted a smoking ceremony, sod turning and Welcome to Country, led by Tribal Experiences. Attended by our development team and project partners, the ceremony acknowledged the Traditional Custodians of Spring Hill and celebrated the commencement of construction, leading us peacefully and respectfully through the construction journey.

185 Wharf St, Brisbane – Smoking Ceremony | Photo Credit: Dale Travers

At Nine The Esplanade, Perth, two public artworks by Noongar printmaker Brett Nannup were unveiled, further bringing our reconciliation journey to life. Created in partnership with cultural advisors Barry McGuire and Carol Innes, the artworks honour ancestral knowledge, express cultural identity and reinforce our shared responsibility to care for Country, culture and community.

Nine The Esplanade, Perth – Public Art Reveal | Artist: Brett Nannup

At 111 Castlereagh, Sydney, we have commissioned ‘The Stones of the Ancestors’ from Dharawal and Yuin artist, Alison Page, with a series of sculpted forms that tell cultural and ecological stories and acknowledge the deep history of the Land we build on.

Through these actions and experiences, Cbus Property continues to strive to build authentic, long-term relationships with First Nations peoples by fostering shared understanding, visibility and pride of place.