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| − | The 1975 [[Worldcon]], and [[Australian Worldcons|first in Australia]], Ausseicon was held August 14-17 in the Southern Cross Hotel in [[Melbourne]], Vic., [[Australia]]. The [[GoH]] was [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], the [[FGoHs]] were [[Susan Wood]], [[Mike Glicksohn]], [[Donald Tuck]] (Australian). [[Fan GoH]] [[Donald Tuck]] did not attend the [[convention]]. ([[Fans]] had to go to his home in Tasmania to meet him.)
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| − | [[John Bangsund]] was [[Toastmaster]] and it was [[chaired]] by [[Robin Johnson]]. Attendance was about six hundred and a majority of the attendees were Australians who had never been to a Worldcon before -- there seem to have been around a hundred non-Australians present. (This was the first Worldcon held within 8,000 miles of [[Melbourne]].) It was successful enough that by the end of the convention, [[Eric Lindsay]] had started a bid for [[Sydney Cove in '88]] and had sold memberships...
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| − | [[1977 Worldcon Site Selection]].
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| − | The bid which won this convention was [[Australia in '75]]. [[NASFiC 1]] was held two weeks later in [[Los Angeles]].
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| − | '''Reports on Aussiecon'''
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| − | * [[Aussiecon One Reminiscence (Sims)]]
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| − | * [[Mike Glicksohn]] published a GoH report ''[[The Hat Goes Home]]''.
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| − | * {{link | website=http://fanac.org/worldcon/AussieCon/w75-rpt.html | text=Ned Brook's Aussiecon trip report}}
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| − | {{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EByiTkebTV8|text=Video of Hugo Awards banquet}}
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| − | {{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deuas-AuzbU|text=Video of Ursula LeGuin GoH speech}}
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| − | [[Jack Chalker]] was US agent, [[Richard Labonte]] was Canadian agent, [[Peter Roberts]] was UK agent.
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| − | {{convention |series1=Australian Worldcons | series=Worldcon | year=1975 | before=Discon II | after=MidAmeriCon | files={{fancy}} | after1=Aussiecon Two}}
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