Marjorie Miller

Fan
Name:	Marjorie Miller
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Type:	fan, fan club organizer, cosplayer, charity
Fandoms:	Star Trek, Star Wars
Communities:	Austrek, Kirk's Klingons
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The Raiders Strike Back: From left: Marjorie Miller (as Han Solo) with daughter Yvonne Miller (back), and friends Helena Russell, Kay & Kim, at the Austrek Xmas Party in 1981, cosplaying related to the The Empire Strikes Back.

David Prowse in the Captain's chair, Marje Miller and Shane Morrissey (at the console) and others on the Bridge at Galactic Tours in 1986. From the Helena Binns collection.

Marjorie Miller (often called "Marj" or "Marjie" was an Australian Star Trek and science fiction fan. She was a fanwriter and a keen participant in clubs and activities, conventions, and social activities.

She contributed to Captain's Log (newsletter) and fanzines including Spock, Beyond Antares and Kirk.

Marje founded a club called Kirk's Klingons, which published at least one issue of its newsletter/fanzine.

She was active in fandom from the 1970s to the 1990s, and she passed away sometime after that.

Gifts and Gifting

Marjorie was known for her hospitality and generosity. She would frequently bring specially baked cakes to fan events such as conventions, birthdays, and Star Trek anniversaries. She also made and gifted costumes for fans.

For Trekcon 1 in 1978, celebrating the tenth birthday of "Star Trek" in Australia, she presented a birthday cake to congoers at a pre-convention birthday gathering:

Marj Miller made a beautiful cake as always and fashioned it after the "Gang Book" from the episode "A Piece of the Action." We all sang Happy Birthday as cheers and bubbly ran with enthusiasm as Marj cut the cake as a courtesy gesture as it was to be kept for TREKCON in two days.

Marjorie also made connections with Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and got their personal imprematur for the William Shatner Fund for Multiple Schlerosis and the Alan Nimoy Memorial Fund for Cystic Fibrosis, which she ran within the Australian fandom community.

On at least one occasion, a fan returned the compliment for her generosity by gifting a remixed fan story on Uhura, which was published in Spock and dedicated to Marjorie.