[5] Manners was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to the minerals and mining sectors, and to youth through philanthropic support for educational initiatives,"[6] and in 2021 was nominated for the 2021 WA Senior Australian of the Year Award.
[7] Ron Manners was born in 1936 in Kalgoorlie, Australia, to a family that had a long association with the mining town.
Manners, the son of a Ballarat prospector, headed West in the late 19th century and established a mining and engineering business, W.G.
[15] Manners was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to the minerals and mining sectors, and to youth through philanthropic support for educational initiatives,"[6] and in 2021 was nominated for the 2021 WA Senior Australian of the Year Award.
[1][2][8][14] He is a member and director of the Mont Pelerin Society and is on the Co-ordinating Committee for the Commonwealth Study Conference.