Swancon History
From Australian sf information
| Year | Name | Convenor / chair / ringleader | Location | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Swancon 1 | Anthony Peacey | Anthony Peacey's House | |
| 1977 | Swancon 2 | Bob Ogden | Bayswater Civic Centre | |
| 1978 | Swancon 3 | Roy Ferguson | Murdoch University | |
| 1979 | Swancon 4 (WayCon) | Bob Ogden | Ozone Hotel | Leigh Edmonds |
| 1980 | Swancon 5 (19th Natcon) | Julia Curtis | Kings Ambassador Hotel | Anne McCaffrey, Grant Stone, Shayne McCormack |
| 1981 | Swancon 6 | Barbara DeLaHuntey | Royal George Hotel | Anthony Peacey |
| 1982 | Swancon 7 | Bob Ogden | Westos Hotel | Robin Johnson |
| 1983 | Swancon 8 | Bob Ogden | Westos Motor Inn | Damien Broderick |
| 1984 | Swancon 9 | David Luckett | Westos Motor Inn | Harry Harrison, Roy Ferguson |
| 1985 | Swancon 10 | John McDouall | Airways Hotel | Ian Nichols |
| 1986 | Swancon 11 | Erik Harding | Miss Maud's | CJ Cherryh, Jack Hermann |
| 1987 | Swancon 12 (25th Natcon) | David Simmons | Airways Hotel | Roy Ferguson |
| 1988 | Swancon 13 | Matthew Clarkson | Westos Hotel | Dave Luckett, Tim Richards |
| 1989 | Swancon 14 | Cindy Clarkson | King's Ambassador Hotel | Bob Shaw, John Varley |
| 1990 | Swancon XV | Don Griffiths | Miss Maud's / Swy Theatre | Terry Dowling, Grant Stone |
| 1991 | Swancon 16 | Greg Turkich | Freeway Motel | Barbara Hambly, Cindy Clarkson |
| 1992 | The Festival of the Imagination | Ascot Inn | Terry Dowling, Nick Stathopolous, Paul Kidd | |
| 1993 | SwanCon 18 | Dave Luckett | Ascot Inn | Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Craig Hilton |
| 1994 | Confusion '94 | Sue Ann Barber | Perth International Hotel | Sylvia Anderson, Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride, Danny Heap |
| 1995 | Swancon 95 | Doug Burbidge | Sheraton | Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow, Peter Read |
| 1996 | Festival of the Imagination 1996 | Richard Scriven | Kings Hotel | Neil Gaiman, Storm Constantine, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Robin Pen |
| 1997 | Swancon 22 | Russell Farr (?) | Metro | Howard Waldrop, Stephen Dedman, David Cake |
| 1998 | Swancon Twenty3 | Grant Watson, Simon Oxwell | Hotel Grand Chancellor | Lois McMaster Bujold, Tess Wiliams, Gina Goddard |
| 1999 | SwanICon | Julian Ackermann | Metro | Janny Wurtz, Ippongi Bang, Jack Dann, Sean Williams, Dave Luckett |
| 2000 | Swancon 2000 (Natcon) | Candice Schilder | Ascot Inn | Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, Ian Nichols, Garth Nix, Mitch? |
| 2001 | Masquerade Swancon 2001 (Natcon) | David Cake, Cathy Cupitt | Rydges Hotel | Robert Silverberg, Scott Frazier, Karen Haber, Sue Ackermann |
| 2002 | Swancon 2002, Dragons of the World | Sue Ackermann | Kings Hotel | Kate Forsyth, Kim Wilkins, David Zindell, Lee Battersby, John McDouall |
| 2003 | Swancon 2003 (Natcon) | Jason Watson, Brett Griggs | Kings Perth Hotel | Lynn Flewelling, Tony Shillitoe, Justin Ackroyd |
| 2004 | Swancon 2004, Chronopolis | Shay Telfer | Parmelia Hilton | Tim Powers, Eddie Campbell, Adrian Bedford, Shaun Tan, Emma Hawkes |
| 2005 | Swancon 2005, Swancon XXX | Elaine Kemp | Emerald Hotel | Charles de Lint, MaryAnn Harris, Grant Watson, Anna Hepworth |
| 2006 | Swancon 2006, Renaissances | Ken McCaw | Acacia | Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Danny Oz |
| 2007 | Swancon 32: Inconceivable! | Michael Dawson | All Seasons | Elizabeth Moon, David Gerrold, Matthew Reilly, Russell B. Farr, Damian Magee. |
| 2008 | State of the Art: Swancon 2008 (47th Natcon) | Anna Hepworth | All Seasons | Ken Macleod, Rob Shearman, Glenda Larke, Zara Baxter. |
| 2009 | Contact: Swancon 2009 | PRK | All Seasons | Richard Morgan, Trudi Canavan, Theresa Anns, Alicia Smith, Robert Masters |
| 2010 | Swancon 2010 | Todd Rowlands and John Green | All Seasons | Scott Sigler, Ian Irvine, John Samuel. |
| 2011 | Swancon 36 | Natcon 50 | Alisa Krasnostein | Hyatt Regency Perth | Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson, Sean Williams, Sarah Xu |
| 2012 | DoomCon | Kitty Hemsley | Pan Pacific Hotel | Brandon Sanderson, Marianne de Pierres, Chris Creagh |
