Aug 2, 2026 · 28 min · 14 segments
This is the story of Angela Teale's journey from a childhood fascination with space in Iowa, USA, to becoming a leading aerospace engineer in Australia As the 2026 Western Australian Rural Woman of…
Angela TealeGuest
Terri CowleyHost
Perhaps we start with your AgriFutures Rural Woman of the Year Award and wind back from there.
Now, the AgriFutures Managing Director, Brianna Casey, said your work is a powerful example of how rural communities can not only participate in global industries but shape who gets to be a part of them.
I'm not really used to being this highlighted in the media, but it's been absolutely great.
The other finalists are incredible, whether it was the state finalists or the national finalists.
So you have said that you see your award not so much as a personal achievement, but a community one, which is very modest of you.
So this award for me wouldn't have been possible without all of the hard work that our local contractors, our partners, the local engineers that we work with have done, right? So It's the capability that we have actually regionally that has enabled this award in the first place.
And now I guess my call to action is sharing that with the rest of the world to say, hey, these tiny towns in regional WA have some brilliant people who are capable of incredible things like... building antennas that are going to support the missions back to the moon.
Perhaps we start with your AgriFutures Rural Woman of the Year Award and wind back from there.
Now, the AgriFutures Managing Director, Brianna Casey, said your work is a powerful example of how rural communities can not only participate in global industries but shape who gets to be a part of them.
I'm not really used to being this highlighted in the media, but it's been absolutely great.
The other finalists are incredible, whether it was the state finalists or the national finalists.
So you have said that you see your award not so much as a personal achievement, but a community one, which is very modest of you.
So this award for me wouldn't have been possible without all of the hard work that our local contractors, our partners, the local engineers that we work with have done, right? So It's the capability that we have actually regionally that has enabled this award in the first place.
And now I guess my call to action is sharing that with the rest of the world to say, hey, these tiny towns in regional WA have some brilliant people who are capable of incredible things like... building antennas that are going to support the missions back to the moon.
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