Now, here’s a coincidence
8 June 2001 • Mannwest Admin
What's in a name? Settle in for a quick history lesson and learn the origins of Ron's company, Croesus Mining. Most of my …
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Australia’s Mining Hall of Fame
21 September 2000 • Ron Manners AO
Australia's Mining Hall of Fame (a lost opportunity — Oct 2017?) I gave this presentation to the Mining 2000 Forum in Melbourne. At …
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Graduation day
12 May 1994 • Ron Manners AO
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 WA …
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Gold ‘n’ Dollars: the Kalgoorlie connection
21 February 1994 • Mannwest Admin
These lessons in free enterprise for Australia are part of an address on gold mining in Kalgoorlie and Chile. Delivered by Ron Manners …
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Get a hat
25 October 1993 • Ron Manners AO
For a guy who is more interested in the future than the past, I can’t understand how I keep being asked to delve …
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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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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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Good as gold
6 October 1988 • Ron Manners AO
In 1988, Croesus Mining entered year two of its company life. The teething problems were being ironed out but the best was yet …
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Amy Johnson flies in: Kalgoorlie 1930
5 July 1930 • Ron Manners AO
Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, is perhaps the most famous aviatrix of all. She had a …
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