Original material taken from AUSTRALIAN FAN FUNDS Version 1.0, 23rd August 1995 by Marc Ortlieb and Irwin Hirsh. Collated by Perry Middlemiss. Thanks to Irwin Hirsh for maintaining an Australian Fan Funds website, from which the updates to this list were taken.
Founded largely by John Newman in 1983, in an attempt to bring Australian and New Zealand fandoms closer together. The first race was administered by John and Frank MacSkasy Jnr.
1983 Tom Cardy
Syncon '83, Sydney, Natcon
Trip Report: "FFANZ for the Memories"
Other Contenders: Graham Ferner, Michelle Muijsert, Nigel Rowe.
1985 Nigel Rowe
Aussiecon Two, Melbourne, 1985 Worldcon
Other Contender: Duncan Lucas.
1986 Roger Weddall (Destination?)
attended Halleycon, the 1986 NZ Natcon, in Dunedin.
Other Contender: George Turner.
1987 Lyn McConchie
CapCon, Canberra, 1987 NatCon
[Frank MacSkasy Jnr] (Joint winner-declined)
Other Contenders: Alex & Karen Heatley.
1988 Terry Frost & Karen Vaughn
Confusion, Christchurch New Zealand
Other Contenders: Gordon Lingard.
1989 Brian Howell
Swancon 14, Perth, 1989 NatCon
Other Contenders: Dan McCarthy, Briar Parkinson.
1991 Alan Stewart
ForryCon, Wellington New Zealand
Trip Report: "FFANZ across the Water"
Unopposed
1992 Rex Thompson
Syncon '92, Sydney, NatCon
Trip Report: From the Prying FFANZ Into the Foyer
Other Contenders: Linette Horne.
1993 Ian Gunn & Karen Pender-Gunn
Defcon, 1993 New Zealand National Convention & Australasian
Media Natcon. NZ NatCon was in Wellington.
Other Contenders: Geoff Tilley, Clive Newall.
1994 Tim Jones
Constantinople, Melbourne, 1994 Dual NatCon
Trip report: "Australian Crawl" - Read an excerpt
Other Contenders: Murray MacLachlan.
1995 Donna Heenan
ConQuest '95, 1995 New Zealand National Convention
Unopposed
1996 Evan McCarthy
attended Swancon 21/Confusion '96 in Perth.
Unopposed
1998 Winner: Renaldo, The Party Sheep (Frances Papworth & Phil Wlodarczyk)
Attended: Construction, NZ Natcon
Trip report: 2 Loonies and a Soft Toy (1999)
Unopposed
1999 Winner: Linnette Horne
Attended: Aussiecon Three, Melbourne, Worldcon.
Unopposed
2000 Winner: Paul Ewins
Attended: OdysseyCon, Auckland, 2001 NZ Natcon
Other Contenders: Big Ted (Julian Warner & Lucy Sussex), Justin Semmel
2003 Winner: Rose Mitchell
Attended: Emoticon, NZ Natcon
Unopposed
2004 Winner: Maree & Matthew Pavletich
Attended: Conflux, Canberra, Aussie Natcon (Matthew was unable to travel due to other commitments)
Trip report: Fen are the most individual group of people (2005)
Other Contenders: Dan McCarthy, Malcolm Fletcher
2006 Winner: Barbara & Peter Clendon
Attended: Conjure, Brisbane, Aussie Natcon
Unopposed
2007 Winner: David Cake
Attended: Conspiracy 2, Wellington, New Zealand Natcon
Unopposed
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