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Tag Archives: Western Australia
Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 6
Transcribed by Elaine Walker. She hopes that any typos are the ones that were there originally. This covers page 7 and 8 of Progress Report 0, which are the last pages in this progress report, published in early 1991. So … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, NatCon, Progress reports, SwanCon
Tagged committee, competition, location, Perth, progress report, SwanCon, Swancon 18, venue, Western Australia
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Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 5
Transcribed by Elaine Walker, matching the text in all its glory. This was page 6 of Progress Report 0 of Swancon 18 … and Swancon 18’s Fan GoH. Now deeply immersed in medical practice in the south-west but was for … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Fans, NatCon, Progress reports, SwanCon
Tagged FGoH, Natcon, Perth, SwanCon, Swancon 18, Western Australia
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Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 4
Transcribed by Elaine Walker – This covers page 5 of Progress report 0 for Swancon 18. As usual, any typographical errors will be diligently reproduced. RIP Pterry. Swancon 18’s Guest of Honour… Have you invented a world lately? Terry Pratchett … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, NatCon, Progress reports, SwanCon
Tagged GoH, Natcon, Perth, SwanCon, Swancon 18, Terry Pratchett, Western Australia
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SwanCon 18, PR3, post 2 of ummm
In the last post about the November 1992 Progress Report 3 from SwanCon 18 (1993!), we managed to get through Three! Whole! Pages!. In this post page 4 is covered in roughly the same level of obsessiveaccurate detail. Unclassifiable Programming … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, NatCon, Progress reports, SwanCon
Tagged Natcon, Perth, Programming, SwanCon, Swancon 18, Western Australia
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SwanCon 18 – Progress Report Two: March 1992
Synopsised by Doug Burbidge. The PR is A5, being A4 folded into a booklet in the usual fashion, making 12 A5 pages. In a break from convention, the front and back page are in red toner. Where the hell did … Continue reading
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Tagged Perth, progress report, SwanCon, Swancon 18, Western Australia
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SwanCon XV January 26 to 29, 1990 Progress Report Two, Front cover & Page 3
by Chris Creagh A right eye stares out at you from a cut-out in the front cover. The skin around the eye merges into an electronic circuit board and the cut-out is in a night silhouette of city office blocks … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Conventions, Progress reports, SwanCon
Tagged Perth, progress report, SwanCon, swancon 15, SwanCon XV, WA, Western Australia
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SwanCon XV January 26 to 29, 1990 Progress Report Two, Front cover & Page 3
by Chris Creagh A right eye stares out at you from a cut-out in the front cover. The skin around the eye merges into an electronic circuit board and the cut-out is in a night silhouette of city office blocks … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Conventions, Progress reports, SwanCon
Tagged Perth, progress report, SwanCon, swancon 15, SwanCon XV, WA, Western Australia
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Borderlands: The world within – A5 flyers
In our collection of Borderlands (short running WA small con) ephemera, we have two versions of an A5, double-sided flyer. The earlier version is bright blue, the later custard yellow. Identification of timing is that one lists an ‘early bird’ … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Borderlands, flyer, small cons, Western Australia
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On the Infinite Subdivisibility of Time
Written and transcribed by Doug Burbidge At the recent Genghiscon, Jay Stratton walked up and asked me, “Are you still the history project?” In place of a more detailed answer, I replied, “Yes.” And he handed over a bag of … Continue reading
Swancon 4 Program – The Great Con Job
Transcribed by Elaine Walker, all typos and punctuation faithfully reproduced. The Great Con Job – the triumphs and tribulations of organizing a con. A personal message from Your Humble Beanbagman. Bevan Casey, the worthy editor of this program book, told … Continue reading
Posted in Con books, Conventions, Fan production, SwanCon
Tagged Chairman, fandom, programme book, SwanCon, swancon 4, WASFA, Waycon '79, Western Australia
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