Ron isn’t just about business and mining; he has an arty side too. He gave this speech at an exhibition opening by the...
It’s ‘accrual’ world. Especially when you’re asked to address the Australian Society of CPA’s Resource Conference. This speech was delivered in October 1994...
I didn’t quite manage to graduate from university, but I can’t say I didn’t try. When I was about 20 I attended the...
For a guy who is more interested in the future than the past, I can’t understand how I keep being asked to delve...
Some things, like government making fickle decisions, never seem to change. In this 1993 column in bi-monthly publication, Australian Drilling, Ron shared some...
This speech was delivered at the 1993 conference of the Pastoralists’ and Graziers’ Association of WA. It was George Washington who said: “Government...
Timeline of events leading to the creation of the Museum of the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie 1965: Establishment of a Golden Mile Museum suggested...
I made this speech at the Geotechnical/Geomechanical Australian Conference in 1993 and it can also be found in my book Never a Dull...
This article was printed in the Australian Journal of Mining in October 1992. Editor Peter Barrett prefaced it by writing the following: “Taken...
We can be heroes Can anyone remember a time when miners were heroes? When they were proud of what they did, without apologizing?...