David and Perry interview Robin Johnson about Aussiecon 1975 and discuss:
- Attending Conventions (00:33)
- RJ’s career of going to SF cons (00:23)
- Aussiecon (00:26)
- How did Robin get involved? (00:13)
- Coming to Australia (01:26)
- Meeting Merv Binns (00:34)
- Sydney Fandom (01:34)
- Murumbeena convention 1969 (01:45)
- Syncon ’70 (01:19)
- Starting the muttering about ’75 (01:41)
- Attending Worldcon 1970 in Germany (00:37)
- Garry Hoff (00:34)
- Heidelberg (02:57)
- Big push (00:48)
- Help from the UK (00:37)
- Becoming chairman (01:08)
- Anti-fan movie (07:30)
- Promotional matchboxes (00:48)
- Moving through ’72 (00:53)
- Winning the bid in ’73 (00:47)
- A problem with Ursula (03:36)
- Jerry Pournelle‘s demand (05:32)
- Charter of Americans arrives (01:50)
- Art Show crisis (04:13)
- Slide Presentation panic (01:18)
- Convention starts (00:12)
- Don Tuck MIA (01:16)
- Continuous state of panic (00:36)
- Movie Program (00:16)
- Amount of programming (00:23)
- Costume Parade (00:49)
- Evaluation (00:23)
- Schools program re artwork (00:41)
- Art Show (01:47)
- Legacy (04:29)
- Wrap-up (00:46)
- Club houses for SF clubs (04:05)
Image of Melbourne by Bernard Spragg on Flickr.