Troy Reeves, MHist (UNE), BCom (Griffith)

Troy Reeves

Queensland Historian and Writer

Queensland political history Heritage and preservation Food security and agricultural policy Public policy analysis

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All We Leave Behind

Essays on Queensland's Lost Heritage

Brisbane remembers the demolitions that happened at midnight. It has forgotten the ones that happened in daylight, with a permit, and no one watching. An essay collection on what Queensland lost, who was in a position to stop it, and why the losses that drew no protest are the ones worth counting.

The introduction and the Cloudland essay are online now, with further essays as they are finished.

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About

Troy Reeves is a historian and writer based in Brisbane, Qld, and rural Queensland, working on Queensland political and social history. He holds a Master of History from the University of New England, where his thesis on the Nicklin Government (1957-68) remains the only substantive published work on the period.

His research interests span mid-twentieth-century Queensland politics, heritage preservation, agricultural and food security policy, and the intersection of institutional power and local communities. His writing has appeared in the Queensland History Journal and in sector reports for Horticulture Australia Limited.

A 170-Year Coda: How a Journal Article Found Its Way Home

In 2015 Troy Reeves published a piece of family history in a small journal. Nine years later a woman searching online found it, and a 170-year thread was tied off just in time.

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Politics 16 July 2026

One for the Memoirs: My Friend Duncan Pegg

Troy Reeves remembers his friend Duncan Pegg: the Labor MP for Stretton, the student-politics campaigner, and the Las Vegas pre-selection that became “one for the memoirs”.

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Research Policy 30 June 2026

Queensland Gets Less Than 14% of Federal Research Funding With 20% of the Population. Why?

I want to set out, carefully, a piece of arithmetic that I think deserves more attention than it gets. Queensland has roughly 20% of Australia's population and contributes about 19% of national GDP.

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