Convention | Dates | Location | GoHs |
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First Australian Science Fiction Convention | March 22, 1952 | Sydney (G.U.O.O.F. Hall) | (none) |
Second Australian Science Fiction Convention | May 1-3, 1953 | Sydney (G.U.O.O.F. Hall (Saturday) and Sydney Bridge Club (Sunday)) | (none) |
Third Australian Science Fiction Convention | April 17-18, 1954 | Sydney (Federation Hall) | (none) |
Fourth Australian Science Fiction Convention | March 18-20, 1955 | Sydney (Dunbar House, Watson's Bay) | Arthur C. Clarke |
Olympicon | December 8-9, 1956 | Melbourne (Richmond Town Hall) | Frank Bryning |
Sixth Australian Science Fiction Convention | April 5-6, 1958 | Melbourne (Richmond Town Hall) | (none) |
Seventh Australian Science Fiction Convention | April 8-11, 1966 | Melbourne (MSFC) | (none) |
Eighth Australian Science Fiction Convention | April 4-6, 1969 | Melbourne (MSFC and Capri Theatre, Murrumbeena) | Lee Harding, John Foyster |
Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention | March 27-30, 1970 | Melbourne (Capri Theatre, Murrumbeena, and MSFC) | (none) |
Tenth Australian Science Fiction Convention | January 1-2, 1971 | Melbourne (University of Melbourne) | Robin Johnson |
Syncon 2 | August 11-13, 1972 | Sydney (Squire Motor Inn, Bondi Junction) | Lesleigh Luttrell |
Advention 2 | August 17-19, 1973 | Adelaide (Lincoln College, University of Adelaide) | John Foyster |
Ozcon | August 16-18, 1974 | Melbourne (Victoria Hotel) | Merv Binns, John Bangsund |
Syncon '75 | January 24-27, 1975 | Sydney (Macquarie University) | (none) |
Bofcon | August 13-15, 1976 | Melbourne (Noah's Palmlake Motor Inn) | Peter Watts, Helen Merrick, Jacob Blake |
A-Con 7 | July 29-31, 1977 | Adelaide (St. Vincent Hotel, Glenelg) | Bill Rotsler |
Unicon IV | March 24-27, 1978 | Melbourne (Melbourne Town House) | Brian Aldiss, Roger Zelazny |
Syncon '79 | August 10-13, 1979 | Sydney (New Crest Hotel, King's Cross) | Gordon R. Dickson, Ken Fletcher, Linda Lounsbury, Kouichi Yamamoto |
Swancon 5 | August 15-18, 1980 | Perth (Park Towers Hotel) | Anne McCaffrey, Shayne McCormack, Grant Stone |
Advention '81 | June 6-8, 1981 | Adelaide (Oberoi Hotel) | Frank Herbert, John Ossian (John Foyster), K. U. F. Widdershins (John Foyster) |
Tschaicon | April 9-12, 1982 | Melbourne (Melbourne Town House) | Jack Vance, Leanne Frahm, Eric Lindsay |
Syncon '83 | June 10-13, 1983 | Sydney (Shore Inn) | Harlan Ellison, Van Ikin |
Eureka!con | April 20-23, 1984 | Melbourne (Victoria Hotel) | George Turner |
Advention '85 | April 5-8, 1985 | Adelaide (The Townhouse Adelaide) | Lee Harding |
Swancon XI | March 28-31, 1986 | Perth (Miss Maud Hotel) | C. J. Cherryh, Jack Herman |
Capcon | April 24-27, 1987 | Canberra (Canberra Parkroyal Hotel) | Robert Asprin, Lynn Abbey, John Newman |
Conviction (Syncon '88) | June 10-13, 1988 | Sydney (Shore Motor Inn, Artamon) | Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Carey Handfield |
Swancon 14 | March 23-27, 1989 | Perth (The King's Ambassador Hotel) | John Varley, Paul J. Stevens |
Danse Macabre | April 13-16, 1990 | Melbourne (The Diplomat Motor Inn) | George R. R. Martin, Eric Lindsay |
SunCon | March 29-April 1, 1991 | Brisbane (Brisbane Gateway Hotel) | Patrick Tilley, Harlan Ellison (absent), Leigh Edmonds |
Syncon '92 | April 17-20, 1992 | Sydney (Shore Motor Inn, Artamon) | Michael Whelan, Nick Stathopoulos |
Swancon 18 | April 8-12, 1993 | Perth (The Ascot Inn) | Terry Pratchett, Craig Hilton |
Constantinople | April 1-4, 1994 | Melbourne (Southern Cross Hotel) | William Gibson, Kate Orman, Bruce Gillespie, Julie Edge & Martin Edge |
Thylacon 1 | June 9-12, 1995 | Hobart (Hadley's Hotel) | Kim Stanley Robinson, Peter Nicholls, Grant Stone. |
Festival of the Imagination 1996 | April 4-8, 1996 | Perth (King's Perth Hotel) | Storm Constantine, Neil Gaiman |
Basicon 2 | September 27-28, 1997 | Melbourne (YWCA Cato Conference Centre) | (none) |
Thylacon 2 | June 5-8, 1998 | Hobart (Hadley's Hotel) | George R. R. Martin, Leanne Frahm |
SpawnCon Two | September 2-6, 1999 | Melbourne (Melbourne Convention Centre) | (none) |
Swancon 2000 (Swancon 25) | April 20-24, 2000 | Perth (Ascott Inn) | Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, Garth Nix, Ian Nichols |
Swancon 2001: Masquerade | April 12-16, 2001 | Perth (The Rydges Hotel Perth) | Robert Silverberg, Karen Haber, Rosaleen Love, Marilyn Pride, Lewis Morley, Kate Orman, Sue Ackermann |
Convergence 2002 | June 7-10, 2002 | Melbourne (Cato Conference Centre) | Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, Lucy Sussex, Sean Williams, Race Mathews |
Swancon 2003 | April 17-21, 2003 | Perth (Kings Perth Hotel) | Lynn Flewelling, Tony Shillitoe, Fiona McIntosh, Justin Ackroyd |
Conflux 1 | April 23-26, 2004 | Canberra (Rydges Lakeside) | Greg Benford, Sean McMullen, Karen Herkes |
Thylacon 2005 (Thylacon IV) | June 10-13, 2005 | Hobart (Wrest Point Hotel) | Anne Bishop, Marianne de Pierres, Merv Binns |
Conjure | April 14-17, 2006 | Brisbane (Mercure Hotel Brisbane) | Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, Sean Williams, Jonathan Strahan, Erika Maria Lacey |
Convergence 2 | June 8-11, 2007 | Melbourne (Cato Conference Centre) | Isobelle Carmody, Fred Gallagher, Dave Freer, Cath Ortlieb |
Swancon 2008: State of the Art | March 20-24, 2008 | Perth (All Seasons) | Ken Macleod, Rob Shearman, Glenda Larke, Zara Baxter |
Conjecture | June 5-8, 2009 | Adelaide (Holiday Inn Adelaide) | Julie E. Czerneda, Steve Scholz, Catherine Scholz |
Dudcon III | September 2-6, 2010 | Melbourne (Melbourne Convention & Entertainment Centre) | Helen Merrick, Jacob Blake |
Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty | April 21-25, 2011 | Perth (Hyatt Regency Perth) | Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson, Sean Williams, Sarah Xu |
Continuum 8: Craftonomicon | June 8-11, 2012 | Melbourne (Rydges on Swanston) | Kelly Link, Alison Goodman, Sue Ann Barber |
Conflux 9 | April 25-28, 2013 | Canberra (Rydges Capital Hill) | Nalo Hopkinson, Marc Gascoigne, Karen Miller, Rose Mitchell, Kaaron Warren |
Continuum X: Carnival of Lost Souls | June 6-9, 2014 | Melbourne (InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto) | Jim C. Hines, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Sharon Mosely, Danny Oz |
Swancon 40 | April 2-6, 2015 | Perth (Pan Pacific Perth) | John Scalzi, Kylie Chan, Anthony Peacey |
Contact2016 | March 25-28, 2016 | Brisbane (Hotel Jen Brisbane) | Ben Aaronovitch, Jill Pantozzi, Keri Arthur, Kirilee Barker,Maria Lewis |
Continuum 13: Triskaidekaphilia | June 9-12, 2017 | Melbourne (Jasper Hotel) | Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant, Likhain |
Swancon 2018 | March 29-April 2, 2018 | Perth (Pan Pacific) | Kameron Hurley, Ryan Griffen, Emily Smith, Foz Meadows, Barb de la Hunty |
Continuum 15: Other Worlds | June 7-10, 2019 | Melbourne (Jasper Hotel) | Kate Elliott, Ken Liu |
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