- Born 15 July. Two days after mother (Dorothy Ellen Buch 1924-2019) and father (Douglas Wilfred Buch 1926-2017) moved into the new family home at 77 Orange Grove Road, Coopers Plains QLD 4108.
1967-1968. Member. Methodist Order of Knights. Coopers Plains.
- School under 7s rugby player. Coopers Plains.
1968-1971. Member. Cubs Scouts. Coopers Plains.
1977-1978. Member. Boys Brigade (Baptist). Salisbury.
- Salisbury High School Theatre Production, ‘Superman’ (role of a London Bobby).
1978-1981. 3rd tier local rock band (e.g. ‘Isaiah’). rhythm guitarist.
1979-1980. David Jones, Queens Street. Shop Assistant (Hardware, Kitchenware).
- Expo ’80. Axillary Planner (mapping).
- Alcorn College Biloela-Blackwater-Emerald-Roma Trip. Student Missioner.
- Teen Challenge. Koinonia Drug Rehabilitation Residential Centre. Male Councillor.
- Zondervan Bible Encyclopedia Door-to-Door and Christmas Cards Salesman (Lost Year to a Pentecostal Scam).
1984. Safeway, Mount Gravatt. Night Packer.
1984-1985. Ariel Student Accommodation-Discipleship Group, Glad Tidings Tabernacle. Informal Student Manager.
1984-1985. Member. Student Life (UQ).
- Christian Forum (UQ). Facilitator.
1986-1987. Member. Religious History Association (RHA).
1986-1987. Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Hall Library. Librarian Assistant.
- Member. Oral History Association of Australia (Queensland).
- Awarded B.A. Honours (2nd). Thesis Scholar.
1987-1988. Member. Waiters Union (Tear Australia).
1988-2016. Ruth Elizabeth Buch. Faithful Husband.
- Australian-Bangladesh Flood Charity Dinner (Tear Australia). Organiser.
1988-1989. Journey magazine, Uniting Church Queensland Synod. Journalist.
1989-1996. Member. Australian Democrats.
- Child Protection Agency (Qld). Nightwatchman. Lost Year. Part-Time M.A. Studies.
1991-1992. Ph.D. Research Tour of the United States: West Coast, Mid-West, East Coast, The South. Partnership with Ruth.
- Friends-‘Family’. Baynes Street Household.
- Elder Daughter Born. Genevievre Rachel Ellen Buch.
1994-1995. Department of History, UQ. Tutor.
1994-1996. Member. Evangelical History Association Inc. (Australia).
1994-1997. Member. Australian Historical Association.
- Awarded Ph.D. Thesis Scholar.
1995-1996. Member. Professional Historians Association (alternative to the QHI).
1995-continuing. Member. Sea of Faith in Australia (SoFiA Inc.).
1995-1998. Brisbane Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship. Founding Convenor.
- Awarded Dip. Ed. Taught Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
- Australian federal election, Australian Democrats. Pamphleteer.
- Queensland Education Department. Contract Teaching. Toogoolawah State High School.
1997-1998. Office of Vice-Chancellor, Griffith University. Research Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor.
1998-2008. Office of Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne. Research Officer.
1999-2007. Sea of Faith in Australia (SoFiA Inc.). Melbourne Branch Convenor.
- Younger Daughter Born. Marguerite Rose Buch.
2005-2008. The Melbourne Model, The University of Melbourne. Member. Melbourne Model Communication Team.
- Member. Parents and Citizens Committee. Bundoora Secondary College.
2008-2009. Queensland University of Technology, Law Faculty, Senior Administration Officer (Learning and Teaching).
- Queensland Education Department. Contract Teaching. Runcorn State College, Stretton State College, Whites Hill State College.
- Member. Toastmasters Club (West End).
2009-continuing. Member. Australian Historical Association.
2009-continuing. Member. Professional Historians Queensland Inc.
2009-continuing. History Consultant. Sole Trade Business. ABN: 86703686642.
2010-2015. Member. Parents and Citizens Committee. Junction Park State School.
2010-2016. Federal Government Paid Carer. Ruth Elizabeth Buch (died, 17 December 2016).
2010-2017. Professional Historians Association (Q1d). Member of the Management Committee and PHA (Qld) e-bulletin editor.
2012-2019. Member. Oral History Association of Australia (Queensland).
2013-continuing. Member. Brisbane History Group Inc.
2015-continuing. Brisbane Southside History Network. BSHN Director.
2016-continuing. Member. Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society.
2016-continuing. Brisbane Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship (under Helen Jeays’ Leadership; led Ruth’s funeral). Consultant and Occasional Speaker.
2017-continuing. Member. Brisbane Catholic Historical Society.
2018-continuing. Member. Australia and Aotearoa NZ Public History Network (AANZHPN).
2019-continuing. Member. Australian Association for the Study of Religion.
2019-continuing. Member. Religious History Association (RHA).
2019-continuing. Member. International Society of Intellectual History (ISIH).
2021-continuing. Member. International Standing Conference for the History of Education. (ISCHE).
2021-continuing. Member. Evangelical History Association Inc. (Australia).
2021-continuing. Member. Australian Policy and History Network.
2021-continuing. Member. Humanist Australia.
2022-continuing. Southern Brisbane Suburban Forum (Southern Forum). President.
2022-continuing. Member. Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America. (ANZSANA).
2023-2024. Sea of Faith in Australia (SoFiA Inc.). Vice-President.
2023-continuing. Member. The Australian Sociological Association. Sociology of Education.
2023-continuing. Member. Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education (AULRE).
2023-continuing. Member. The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Ltd.
2023-continuing. Humanist Brisbane (local group of Humanist Australia). Organiser.
2024-continuing. The Australian Sociological Association. Sociology of Education. a Thematic Group Convenor.
2024-continuing. Humanist Australia. a Board Director.
2024-continuing. Journal Editor, Head of Editorial Committee. Brisbane Catholic Historical Society.
2024-continuing. Sea of Faith in Australia (SoFiA Inc.). President.
2024-continuing. Member. Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland (FAWQ).
