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Category Archives: aussiecon
Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 9 – Sunday Afternoon (synopsis)
A wonderful drawing of an upright Echidna in full exclamation adorns the middle of the front page. Then the eye is caught by the “Tonight’s Hospitality Events” box telling of the events running from 2100 to 0100 in the Crown … Continue reading
Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 7 – Saturday Evening (synopsis)
Transcribed and summarised by Elaine Walker. When looking through various bits and pieces for the SwanCon 40 ephemera books, I discovered in one of my collections of papers another collection of Voice of the Echidnas, so I’m going to summarise … Continue reading
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Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 6 – Saturday Afternoon (synopsis)
Transcribed and summarised by Elaine Walker. When looking through various bits and pieces for the SwanCon 40 ephemera books, I discovered in one of my collections of papers another collection of Voice of the Echidnas, so I’m going to summarise … Continue reading
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Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 5 – Saturday Morning (synopsis)
Transcribed by Elaine Walker. We thought we only had the first three of these, but trawling through another box has uncovered the next two issues of this newsletter so I shall continue to summarise their contents, including excerpts of bits … Continue reading
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Aussiecon Two, 43rd world science fiction convention, progress report #3, February 1985
Transcribed by Chris Creagh. Front cover by Gerald Carr depicts a group of anthropomorphic Australian animals including 2 kangaroos, an emu, possum, koala, galah, echidna and a thing that looks like an alien chicken robot that is projecting onto the … Continue reading
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Bruce Gillespie: Secret Master, Institution and Fine Fellow – Part 2
The thrilling conclusion. Transcribed by Doug Burbidge. Another sign of Bruce’s imperfection was his growing involvement in other aspects of science fiction fandom. The Metaphysical Review (or MetRev) grew out of his involvement in the Australia and New Zealand Amateur … Continue reading
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Bruce Gillespie Secret Master, Institution and Fine Fellow – Part 1
Transcribed by Doug Burbidge. This is from the Aussiecon Three souvenir book. It’s by Leigh Edmonds, and it starts with a sidebar telling us who Leigh Edmonds is. Leigh Edmonds Leigh is a Ballarat based historian and Ditmar winning fanzine … Continue reading
Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 4 – Friday Evening (synopsis)
Transcribed by Elaine Walker. We thought we only had the first three of these, but trawling through another box has uncovered the next two issues of this newsletter so I shall continue to summarise their contents, including excerpts of bits … Continue reading
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The Monotreme #2
The Monotreme – the Aussiecon 3 Newsletter – Thursday Sept 2 pm: Number Two being a single A4 sheet, printed double-sided. Our copy is bright blue. The front page contains assorted news, rules for good writing, and a request for … Continue reading
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The Monotreme #1
Monotreme – the Aussiecon 3 Newsletter – Thursday Sept 2 am: Number One being a single A4 sheet, printed double-sided. Our copy is bright green. The front page contains a welcome, details of the costume parade, definition of monotreme, and a … Continue reading
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