This story is set in Kanowna, about 20km east of Kalgoorlie. It’s a ghost town these days. But in Father Long’s day, when...
Haven’t read part 1? Catch up here. It all begins in Kalgoorlie… Here’s one of those success stories that so often begin in...
There’s a name that keeps popping up on this website and throughout my books — WG Manners, my grandfather. Since today is his...
The history of Western Australia as missed by the media It’s hard to imagine the history of Western Australia without productive industries such...
This article was first published in the 2016 edition of WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well...
This history lesson is based on Ron’s presentation to Yilgarn Retrospective, a two-day seminar presented by AIG and Geoscientists’ Symposia on March 30,...
This article was first published in the 2013 edition of WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well...
Ron was a former AMEC Councillor, holding positions in both 1987 and from 1990-1992. In this piece he muses on industry groups and...
This article was first published in WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well as those of its...
I penned this in 2005 in response to a question that kept popping up: where is mining going the west? It’s just as...
