Royce Kurmelovs Royce Kurmelovs i(13570672 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Boom and Bust Royce Kurmelovs , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2018 14508133 2018 single work non-fiction

"Australia’s mining boom is a period of history still talked about with a sense of awe. At the time, the accepted wisdom was that China’s economy would never stop growing and Australia’s mines would always be there to supply them. Australia rode this once-in-history event through 25 straight years of economic growth — we even managed to sidestep the worst of the Global Financial Crisis. No one thought it would end.

"Until it did.

"Today the country is grappling with what that means at a time when inequality is rising and dissatisfaction with politics is at its highest since the Whitlam government dismissal.

"This book focuses on the lived experience of people who came into vast wealth, only to watch it dry up. It tells the stories of the winners, and the losers, who bought into the mining boom’s promise of easy money. It also examines the fall, — when the boom that would never end, ended."

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The Legend of Monga Khan : An Aussie Folk Hero Peter Drew (editor), Royce Kurmelovs (editor), Adelaide : Peter Drew Arts , 2016 13570707 2016 anthology short story

'This project began in the begining of 2016 with 1000 posters of Monga Khan being stuck up all over Australia. Born in India, Monga Khan lived, worked and died in Australia. His photograph is kept in the Australian National Archive with his application for exemption to the white Australia policy.' 

1 Hard Working and Totally Screwed Royce Kurmelovs , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Spring no. 101 2015; (p. 45-51)

'It's 3:30 on a Friday and Rocky Loo has pulled into his driveway to find a neatly dressed white man sitting in his deck chair. Loo's just finished work as a brickie's labourer and like anyone who breaks their back for a wage, all he wants to do is sit down for a while and just do nothing.' (Publication abstract)

 

1 A Love Song for the Squatters Royce Kurmelovs , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Summer no. 95 2013-2014; (p. 19-22)
'July 21, 2013 was a Saturday. The night-time neon dust had fallen across the square mile and Adelaide was just getting ready. The Hindley Street nightclub strip glittered and shone as the music began to play. Rundle Mall had been closed for a couple of hours by now and was empty except for those using it as a corridor to get from the upmarket cafes on Rundle Street to the bars on Hindley. From way up high, it would have all been a very pretty scene.' 

 (Publication abstract)

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