Star Trek Association of Fans and Friends

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Fan Club
Name: Star Trek Association of Fans and Friends (S.T.A.F.F.), a fan club out of Queensland, Australia, later known "Queensland Star Trekkers", then "Quest"
Dates: 1977
Founder(s): Judy Bauman
Leadership:
Country based in: Australia
Focus: Star Trek
External Links: https://www.facebook.com/groups/qldstartrekkers/
Quest committee members (in Starfleet maroon) at the first Conquest (1982).
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Star Trek Association of Fans and Friends is a Australian Star Trek fan club formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in 1977. The group later became known as "Queensland Star Trekkers", with a regular newsletter, "Log of the U.S.S. Quest".

one of the club's newsletters, about 25 pages

As the renamed "Quest" in 1982, members of a sub-committee began holding annual Conquest conventions. The Star Trek club and the multimedia conventions separated further in later years, with the conventions often being run by different elected groups.

The club is mentioned in National Library of Australia's history of Star Trek Fandom in Australia.

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