Aussiecon 2

The 1985 Worldcon and second Australian Worldcon held August 22-26 in the Southern Cross, Victoria, and Sheraton Hotels, Melbourne, Vic. GoH: Gene Wolfe, FGoH: Ted White.

It was chaired by David Grigg who replaced John Foyster, who resigned in 1984. Race Mathews, (Minister for Police and Emergency Services for the State of Victoria (and an old-time fan)) gave the opening address.

Bids: Melbourne in '85, Breckenridge in '85 (The latter was not on the ballot.) See 1985 Site Selection results.

Con reports:

http://efanzines.com/1985Australia (IA) Efanzines photos

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Hugos Bidding File770 Ansible https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&ia=web&q=Aussiecon 2 (2 IA) Website

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