The Museum of the Goldfields: from humble beginnings
7 April 1993 • Ron Manners AO
Timeline of events leading to the creation of the Museum of the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie 1965: Establishment of a Golden Mile Museum suggested 1966: …
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Growing up on the Goldfields: Part 1
30 January 1993 • Ron Manners AO
I made this speech at the Geotechnical/Geomechanical Australian Conference in 1993 and it can also be found in my book Never a Dull …
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Taxes, taxes and damned taxes
31 October 1992 • Ron Manners AO
This article was printed in the Australian Journal of Mining in October 1992. Editor Peter Barrett prefaced it by writing the following: "Taken …
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When President Hoover sat at my desk
6 June 1992 • Mannwest Admin
Have you heard the story about Ron Manners and Herbert Hoover? The two men share a connection through not just a workspace but a …
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When miners were heroes
18 May 1992 • Ron Manners AO
We can be heroes Can anyone remember a time when miners were heroes? When they were proud of what they did, without apologizing? …
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Let’s create real jobs this time
22 January 1992 • Ron Manners AO
Written while I was an AMEC councillor and Australia was experiencing "the recession we had to have", this article offers four suggestions on …
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The job training tax: Yet another government stuff-up
23 May 1991 • Ron Manners AO
One of my hobbies is collecting examples of how government policies, usually achieve the opposite, to their possibly good intentions. The training tax …
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The pleasures and problems of delving into history
15 May 1991 • Ron Manners AO
What is history? And why is there an interest in it long after the people involved have moved on? I pondered these questions, …
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Barnacles on the backside of progress
12 October 1990 • Ron Manners AO
This cheeky industry analysis was presented at Kalgoorlie: The Next 100 Years, an Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) sponsored event held …
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First stop, Hong Kong (next stop the world)
3 September 1990 • Ron Manners AO
In 1990, as Chairman of Croesus, I made a promotional visit to Hong Kong. I then went to Frankfurt, Munich, London, New York, …
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