Roddcon
| Star Trek Convention | |
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| Name: | Roddcon |
| Dates: | 20th-21st August, 1983 |
| Frequency: | once, but the club hosted other cons |
| Location: | Adelaide, Australia |
| Type: | two-day fan-con |
| Focus: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Organization: | SASTREK |
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Roddcon was a Star Trek: TOS Australian convention in August 1983. It was held in Goodwood, Adelaide, South Australia, by the SASTREK Star Trek fan club.
The program book is 31 pages long. The art is uncredited. The program book contains fiction by Helen Sargeant called "Theks", an intro by Diane Marchant, some long articles about the history of the show, the lyrics to the theme music, fan art, black and white publicity photos, but no other dates or identifying info. The program book notes that everything was free, but fans had to buy their own refreshments. On the Saturday, there was a break for lunch, and at 5:20pm, a break for tea (ie. dinner) which lasted two hours.
The convention schedule included the presentation of the "Little Bird Awards" (trophies for the art show, story competition and costume parade winners, based on Gene Roddenberry's nickname of The Great Bird of the Galaxy), and a screening of a 1979 skit, "Star Trot", from the Australian TV comedy series, "The Paul Hogan Show". [1]
See more at Starlog #19.
sample attendee ID card
program of events
From the Program Book
sample interior, uncredited art, though this was the cover Stardate: Unknown #2, artist Gerry Downes
sample interior, reprinted from "The Making of Star Trek"
sample interior, comments by Diane Marchant
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