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2008, July 20 ||Masscon | 2008, July 20 ||Masscon | ||
2009, June, 5-8 ||[[Conjecture (Australia)|Conjecture]] (Natcon) | 2009, June, 5-8 ||[[Conjecture (Australia)|Conjecture]] (Natcon) | ||
| − | 2011, Oct 8 ||[[Octacon]] | + | 2011, Oct 8 ||[[Octacon (Australia)]] |
2012, July 6-8 ||[[Unseen University Convivium]] | 2012, July 6-8 ||[[Unseen University Convivium]] | ||
2012, Nov 25 ||[[Wellscon]] | 2012, Nov 25 ||[[Wellscon]] | ||
Revision as of 06:04, 19 September 2020
A Brief Chronology[edit]
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| ca. 1938 | Adelaide SFL founded |
| 1939, Feb 1 | John Gregor's Science Fiction Review (fanzine) published (as by John Devern) |
| 1954, May 19 | Adelaide Science Fiction Association officially formed |
| 1971, Dec 31 - 1972, Jan 3 | First Advention |
| 1973, Aug 17-19 | Advention 2 (Adelaide's first Australian Natcon) |
| 1976 | APES (apa) started |
| 1976 | Omegacon |
| 1977 | Sastrek founded (as S.A.S.T.F.C.) |
| 1977, Easter | Unicon III |
| 1977, July 29-31 | A-Con 7 (Natcon) |
| 1978 | Black Hole Bookshop opened. |
| 1980, June 1 | South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club founded |
| 1981, June 6-8 | Advention '81 (Natcon) |
| 1983, Oct 8-10 | Conpanion (Doctor Who convention) |
| 1985, Apr 5-8 | Advention '85 (Natcon) |
| 1986 | Aphelion first published (from a town in the Adelaide Hills) |
| 1986 | Black Hole Bookshop closed |
| 1987 | Known Space Books shop opened |
| 1987, Oct | Critical Mass founded |
| 1990 | Known Space Books shop moved to 96 Gowler Place |
| 1991, Sept | ConFictionary |
| 1992, Feb 14 | The Contract convention (in the Adelaide Hills) |
| 1992, June 6-8 | HongCon '92 (Media Natcon) |
| 2000, Sept 30 | ConVex |
| 2001, Oct 1 | Addercon |
| 2006, Jan | Starship Mawson founded |
| 2008, July 20 | Masscon |
| 2009, June, 5-8 | Conjecture (Natcon) |
| 2011, Oct 8 | Octacon |
| 2012, July 6-8 | Unseen University Convivium |
| 2012, Nov 25 | Wellscon |
| 2016, May 7-8 | SA Writers Centre Spec Fic and Fantasy Festival |
| 2017, Aug 4-6 | Nullus Anxietas VI |
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