Leadership

Director Profile:
Hayden Brown

Hayden Brown is the Owner and Director of Browning Contractors. Hayden is passionate about small business sustainability and long term opportunity for the Aboriginal community in South Australia.

After being awarded multiple Indigenous scholarships to prestigious pre-employment programs during high-school years, Hayden understands the motivating benefits of Indigenous participation in the workforce. In recent years he has built solid skills in sales, finance and business development, providing the foundation for Browning Contractors ongoing success. Hayden is committed to passing on the same training and employment opportunities to the next generation of workers.

Proudly continuing the family legacy.

The Browning family has been building and upgrading South Australia’s infrastructure for generations. South Australian roadworks construction and maintenance are in our DNA and we are proud to have played a part in almost 100 years of our state’s ongoing development.

We trace our roots through the Bunganditj (Boandik) Nation from the South East (around the Kingston area). However, the Browning clan also have ties to Ngarkat, Watchabalak country and the mighty Ngarrindjeri Nation. These photos show 5 generations of our family taking part in infrastructure upgrades, road building and maintenance, heavy equipment operation and mining.

Hayden’s Great, Great Grandfather, Fred Pinkie (2nd from the right) working on the road gang around the Kingston/Lucindale area in the 1930’s.

Hayden’s Grandfather’s gang working in the Riverland based in Loxton. He worked in the industry for over 40 years in various roles, becoming Regional Area Supervisor for the Mid North Region.

Hayden’s Father, James, at Prominent Hill Copper Mine here in South Australia.

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    We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains area where we live and work, and we respect their spiritual relationship with country.