The elephant in the room
The large grey animal in the room is, of course, that in most countries the priority order for being paid out will be:
i) Inland revenue, or whatever they call it in Australia
ii) Employees who are owed wages, etc.
iii) The aforesaid contractors, who, along with miscellaneous suppliers and landlords, probably rank as unsecured creditors.
I hope it works out for everyone, but my very limited experience of being paid out by liquidators is not encouraging - and it wasn't even a lot of money (to them, but it was for me at the time).