The original Hotel was called the Murat Bay Hotel and was opened on the 8^th December 1902 and was owned by Mr Charles Mudge with the name of the hotel changing to the Ceduna Hotel in 1915.

In 1949 the owner at that time, Mr J L Madigan decided to sell the freehold of the Ceduna Hotel and a public meeting was convened to discuss the opportunity to establish a “Community Hotel” for the benefit of the district. This was accepted at the meeting and plans put into place to purchase the Hotel with Debentures raising the required capital from the local and surrounding residents of Ceduna District.

A public meeting was then held in August 1949 advising the town that the hotel had been procured and the Hotel was officially opened as the Ceduna Community Hotel Ltd on the 31^st October 1949.

The philosophy behind the Ceduna Community Hotel has not changed since its inception in 1949. Back then, as now, the community hotel focused on supporting local community based organisations and charities. Whilst we aim to make the hotel as profitable as possible, it is for the purpose of returning those profits to the local community in the form of financial support and development of the facilities which will lead to tourism growth and job opportunities.

So who owns the Hotel?, we are a community asset, administered by a Board of Directors elected from the community and managed by the Ceduna community for the benefit of the Ceduna Community and we also acknowledge the important role our staff play in the overall picture as we continue to maintain our community foundation.