Swancon XI
Titled "SwanCon XI" this was the 11th West Australian Science Fiction Convention.
SwanCon XI was also the 25th Australian NatCon
Dates: Easter 1986 (Mar 28-31)
The Convention
Guests
GoH: CJ Cherryh
FGoH: Jack R. Herman
Venue
Miss Maud's
Committee
Chairman: Erik "The Half" Harding
Secretary: Cindy Evans
Treasurer: Garry Hoff
Programming: Sally Beasley and Dave Luckett
Hotel Liason: Greg Turkich
Publicity: Paul Stevens - 'Antifan'
Awards: Grant Stone
Printing: Mark Bivens
Security: Jay Plester
History
WASFF was formed as a result of financial problems resulting from this convention.
CJ Cherryh filked pretty much every night on the landing at Miss Maud's.
One of the university clubs arrived in a big way at Swancon XI.
Publications and Productions
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References
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External Links
These are mostly links to transcripts that have been done for the Australian Science Fiction Distributed Archive Project (ASFDAP) on its blog 'This!'
- SwanCon XI - Con Book - The Chairman's Piece (p. 1)
- SwanCon XI - Con Book - The committee (pp. 2-4)
- SwanCon XI - Con Book - Australian National Science Fiction Conventions (p. 5)
- SwanCon XI - Con Book - Jack Herman Bio (p. 7)
- SwanCon XI - Con Book - assorted bits (pp. 15-16)
- SwanCon XI - Con Book - The Programme (part 1) (pp. 18-19)
- SwanCon XI - Con Book - Info listings 2 (p. 25)
- SwanCon XI - Con Book - Posh Nosh (p. 31)
- All Swancon XI posts on ASFDAP blog