Ceduna

Distinguished and Famous people from Ceduna

🌟 Doreen and Gladys Miller

Elders Doreen and Gladys Miller supplied essential knowledge for documenting Wirangu language. Linguist Luise Hercus began the grammar project after visiting Ceduna in 1993, where members of the women's group asked for work to preserve it. The sisters helped recover vocabulary and explain language material, contributing far more than names on an acknowledgement page. Their lives and knowledge were also recorded in the documentary Wirrangul Women: Always Have, Always Will. Their association spans the wider west-coast community, including their farming life at Scotdesco and the language work supported through Ceduna.

🐟 George Angelakis

George Angelakis joined his family at Thevenard in 1936 and built an early career in fishing and community work. Fishing with his father and brother helped settle his choice of livelihood: an afternoon’s catch could be worth as much as a fortnight of labouring work. In 1945 he helped form, and became president of, the West Coast Fishermen’s Co-operative Society, which brought Greek and Australian fishermen from Thevenard and Ceduna together. Its fish-processing works opened at Thevenard the following year. He also campaigned for a community hall and helped teach English to migrants. The later Adelaide seafood business had these west-coast working and community roots.