Ernest Cosmo Manea[1] AO (23 December 1926 – 16 October 2013) was a prominent figure in the city of Bunbury, Western Australia.

He worked as a general practitioner and was a patron, board member, chairman or president of over 300 organisations.

[1][6] He was the inaugural chairman of the South West Development Commission and served on the boards of St John of God Hospital Bunbury, the TAB, GWN7, Landcorp among others.

[3][6] Manea lobbied for Edith Cowan University to establish a campus in Bunbury, and served on its board when it was created in 1986.

[1][2] Manea married Claudine Beulah "Snookie" Snook, who was a nurse he met in 1952 while at Royal Perth Hospital.

[7] He is also the adoptive father of Syd Jackson, who was a Stolen Generations child living at the Roelands Aboriginal Mission.

"[13][14] In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed as an officer of the Order of Australia for "service to the community of Bunbury, to local government, to regional planning and development, and to the advancement of the harness racing industry.