The Supreme Court of New South Wales appointed Vaughan Strawbridge and Kathryn Evans of FTI Consulting as joint provisional liquidators to twelve companies on 21 August 2026. ASIC published the appointment on a single notice on 25 August.
Seven carry the Great Northern name: Great Northern Bundaberg Pty Ltd, Great Northern Developments Pty Ltd (ACN 094 805 286), Great Northern Investments Pty Ltd, Great Northern Morayfield Pty Ltd, Great Northern Phoenix Group Pty Ltd, Great Northern Properties Pty Ltd and Great Northern Victoria Pty Ltd.
Two carry Ironbark: Ironbark Holdings Australia Pty Ltd and Ironbark Energy Pty Ltd.
The remaining three are GND Construction Management Pty Ltd, Knightsbridge Realty Pty Ltd and Richmond Corporation Pty Ltd (ACN 094 677 817).
ASIC has published its own account of the proceeding, and the Court's reasons are public. Two earlier events involving companies in the same twelve are not identified in that release.
18 July 2019: a receiver at Great Northern Developments
A receiver and manager was appointed to Great Northern Developments Pty Ltd, ACN 094 805 286, on 18 July 2019. The appointee was recorded as Melanie Samantha Grohovaz.
The appointment appears in ASIC's Series 2A insolvency statistics, published on 8 September 2022, against two Form 505 lodgements.
1 June 2026: a separate application against Richmond Corporation
The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation commenced a winding-up application against Richmond Corporation Pty Ltd, ACN 094 677 817, in the Federal Court, proceeding NSD919/2026. The application was published on 23 June 2026, with a hearing listed for 8 July.
That is a different applicant and a different court from the proceeding that produced the 21 August order.
21 August 2026: provisional liquidators appointed to twelve companies
The Supreme Court of New South Wales appointed Vaughan Strawbridge and Kathryn Evans as joint provisional liquidators to the twelve companies. ASIC published the appointment notice on 25 August.
What this chronology does and does not show
The 2019 receivership and the June 2026 application are additional events on the public record involving companies now subject to the 21 August order. Neither alters the Court's findings, and neither is a finding of its own.
These are appointments and applications. They say nothing about what was recovered, what is owed, or what anyone will get back.
Sources. ASIC published notices for the 21 August appointment and for the 23 June application, and ASIC's insolvency statistics for the 2019 receiver appointment.
