The Letter From Councillor Vicki Howard, Civic Cabinet Chair for Community, Arts and Nighttime Economy, Councillor for Central Ward, to Mr Cole and Dr Buch, 19 December 2023:
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Reply…
26 December 2023
Hi Simon (Simon Cole, President of the Coopers Plains History Group Inc.),
I think, whatever the outcome of the Council’s ultimate contribution, is to apply for a funded event organised by us, SBSF-BSHN-CPHG, for 2025, and anyone else who wishes to join.
The event would come after the 2024 SBSF Housing-Focused Expo and Forum, as well after the publication of “A Hidden Intellectual History of Queensland” which I have a global publisher interested in.
I am inviting every Queensland regional and local historian, cc. individually or collectively, to have the conversation with you and I, in putting a decent application together for Council, and perhaps State funding.
It is time the scrounge-like councillors and politicians PAY historians for their diligent, honest, intelligent, professional community history work; among the many in the cc., we are doing that work, and have been doing that work most unfairly for decades — violating principles of fair pay and fair trade, unionism, and human decency. The Law is no excuse when it is an ass to ethical behaviour. Those who lean into this excuse are stupid (the literature on ethics and sociology is definite on this judgement).
The question in my Ruth-gapped heart 
is do they have no shame that the BEST QUEENSLAND historians are either on social security or soon will be? Is there no shame in their decision-making?
is do they have no shame that the BEST QUEENSLAND historians are either on social security or soon will be? Is there no shame in their decision-making?
So, to prevent further shame, here is the opportunity for open-hearted thinking in a funded event of a BCC Centenary Commemoration 1925-2025, worthy of Brisbane. The invitation is open for the next three months, up to the next Brisbane City Council round.
To achieve open-hearted hearted thinking, you need to go to the widest intellectual scoping of the history, as I have written on the topic: https://drnevillebuch.com/
So the theme of the anticipated fully funded event is big thinking on the histories of Brisbane and Queensland. The focus is, while respecting and acknowledging the long-nineteenth century (1823-1919), and to repeat, the focus will be on the long-twentieth century (1923-2019).
Kind regards,
Historian, MPHA (Qld), Ph.D. (History) UQ., Grad. Dip. Arts (Philosophy) Melb., Grad. Dip. (Education) UQ.
Ps. I have had to make various types of highlighting in this letter because too many persons do not know how to read critically and empathetically. Too many, too many, in the population of Brisbane and Queensland have been undereducated in the last three decades because of either the stupidity, the arrogance, or the silence of the bubble thinking from decision-makers. Take your pick.
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Neville Buch
Professional Historian at Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc.
Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.
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