Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 1 – Thursday Afternoon (synopsis)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker The Voice of the Echidna was the daily (sometimes twice daily) newsletter of Aussiecon 4. I appear to have obtained or at least retained the first three issues, of which this is the first. I am not going to type the entire thing out but I shall put in the key… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 1 – Thursday Afternoon (synopsis)

Continuum Galaxies by Gaslight flyer

A double-sided A5 flyer. A numeral 5 in sun symbols bracketing the convention title indicates this is for Continuum 5. Continuum Galaxies by Gaslight Guests of Honour Chelsea Quinn Yarbro photos of both guests Narelle M. Harris 14th-16th August, 2009 The Ether Centre, Little Bourke Street, Melbourne Please visit our website for membership forms and… Continue reading Continuum Galaxies by Gaslight flyer

Aussiecon 4, 68th Worldcon Flyer Melbourne September 2010

by Chris Creagh Flyer and memberships form – A4, landscape, double-sided. One side has the blurb for the Guests of Honour: Kim Stanley Robinson, Shaun Tan and Robin Johnson as well as a list of convention Highlights including the usual speeches, people, masquerade, awards, discussion, author kaffeeklatsch, readings, book signings, book launches, room parties, dealers… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, 68th Worldcon Flyer Melbourne September 2010

Conviction – SynCon 88 – Programme Book – Carey Handfield (FGoH)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, attempting to preserve any typos and all citations [pp 11-13] Carey Handfield In the revisionist history of Australian science fiction fandom, it has become customary to canonise Fan Guest of Honour, Carey Handfield. His achievements have entered the collective fan consciousness. It was Handfield who ran Aussiecons One and Two. He… Continue reading Conviction – SynCon 88 – Programme Book – Carey Handfield (FGoH)

SwanCon 2000 souvenir book

Anna has turned up some new boxes of stuff, so some of us are sorting, winnowing, and filing; and some of us are transcribing. Here’s a rather nice-looking SwanCon 2000 souvenir book, 70pp, approx 20cm x 20cm pages, perfect-bound with a yellow cover with Shaun Tan art: a Shaun-Tan-esque tram all covered in rivets and… Continue reading SwanCon 2000 souvenir book

The Voice of the Platypus Number 1, March 1998

Transcribed by Chris Creagh This bright yellow A3 sheet folded to A5 size, is the AussieCon Three, 57th World Science Fiction Convention official newsletter. The convention was held in Melbourne, September 2 to 6, 1999. Perry Middlemiss was the chair and gave a report on the front page… Mention was made of how good the… Continue reading The Voice of the Platypus Number 1, March 1998

SunCon ’91, PR2 – snippets

The SunCon ’91 Progress Report 2 is a 6 double-sided A4 page booklet, stapled in the top left corner. There are any number of interesting bits scattered throughout [the 6th page will be featured in a later post, being about the DUFF (Down Under Fan Fund) Race for the year, including candidate platforms] Artwork for… Continue reading SunCon ’91, PR2 – snippets

THE DAILY SINGNUS: SynCon 92 – No 3 – 20th April 1992

Transcribed by Chris Creagh This issue of The Daily SinGnus was a single A4 page (single-sided), with a second (double-sided) page containing the Ditmar voting breakdown stapled to the back. At Last The End Is Near This is the final edition of SinGnus, because it is the last day of the convention. On behalf of… Continue reading THE DAILY SINGNUS: SynCon 92 – No 3 – 20th April 1992

Conviction – SynCon 88 – Program Book: The Convenor’s Polemic

transcription by Anna Hepworth [p3] The Convenor’s Polemic When I finished SYNCON 83 I said I’d never work another Convention. This is it. The organisation of CONVICTION has been fairly easy. The Core Committee has worked well and it has been a great pleasure to work with them. A co-operative and eager putative membership has… Continue reading Conviction – SynCon 88 – Program Book: The Convenor’s Polemic