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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]].
 
 
 
The bid which won this convention was [[Australia in '75]]. [[NASFiC 1]] was held two weeks later in [[Los Angeles]].
 
 
 
'''Reports on Aussiecon'''
 
* [[Aussiecon One Reminiscence (Sims)]]
 
* [[Mike Glicksohn]] published a GoH report ''[[The Hat Goes Home]]''.
 
* {{link | website=http://fanac.org/worldcon/AussieCon/w75-rpt.html | text=Ned Brook's Aussiecon trip report}}
 
 
 
{{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EByiTkebTV8|text=Video of Hugo Awards banquet}}
 
 
 
{{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deuas-AuzbU|text=Video of Ursula LeGuin GoH speech}}
 
 
 
[[Jack Chalker]] was US agent, [[Richard Labonte]] was Canadian agent, [[Peter Roberts]] was UK agent.
 
 
 
{{convention |series1=Australian Worldcons | series=Worldcon | year=1975 | before=Discon II | after=MidAmeriCon | files={{fancy}} | after1=Aussiecon Two}}
 
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