Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2024: Week 49

The Melbourne Science Fiction Club (originally the The Melbourne Science Fiction Group) was founded on 9 May 1952 and it currently claims status as the second oldest science fiction club in the world (after the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society) and the oldest in the southern hemisphere.

It has been a locus for science fiction activities and support networks, for friendships and creativity, for the production of fan films and newszines and fanzines and conventions.

As of 2024, the MSFC runs meetings on the third Friday night of each month, and produces a newszine, Ethel the Aardvark.