Richard Maurovic
Author's name:
Richard Maurovic
Author description:
Richard Maurovic is passionate about culinary history and local history. His international award-winning first book, The Meat Game, was a combination of both. Maurovic is also an acclaimed painter and regularly exhibits around Australia.
Latest book:
Samphire to Stone: a history of the Dry Creek to Stockade railway
National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, 2009
Samphire to Stone is a detailed history of the railway to the Stockade (Yatala Prison), which opened in 1857. It describes the mining, by prisoners, and transport of stone from the prison quarry used in the construction of many of Adelaide’s grand buildings. Samphire to Stone also outlines the local history of the Pooraka area.
Sample bibliography:
The Meat Game: a history of the Gepps Cross abattoirs and livestock markets
Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2007
Genres:
Australiana, Essays/articles, Historical fiction, Non-fiction
Contact publisher:
Wakefield Press
Email: info@wakefieldpress.com.au
Phone: 08 8362 8800
Available for:
speaking engagements
The SA Writers' Centre is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory bodies.