David and Perry talk to Robin Johnson about Aussiecon 1975, and discuss:

Attending Conventions

Career of going to SF cons

Aussiecon

How did Robin get involved?

Coming to Australia

Meeting Merv Binns

Sydney Fandom

Murumbeena convention 1969

Syncon '70

Starting the muttering about '75

Attending Worldcon 1970 in Germany

Garry Hoff

Heidelberg

Big push

Help from the UK

Becoming chairman

Anti-fan movie

Promotional matchboxes

Moving through '72

Winning the bid in '73

A problem with Ursula

Jerry Pournelle's demand

Charter of Americans arrives

Art Show crisis

Slide Presentation panic

Convention starts

Don Tuck MIA

Continuous state of panic

Movie Program

Amount of programming

Costume Parade

Evaluation

Schools program re artwork

Art Show

Legacy

Wrap-up

Club houses for SF clubs

Image of Melbourne by Bernard Spragg on Flickr.