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Starwalking Convention
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| Name: | Starwalking: The Convention |
| Dates: | 8 - 10 September 1989 |
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| Location: | Melbourne Town House, Melbourne, Australia |
| Type: | Fan-run |
| Focus: | Star Wars |
| Organization: | Star Walking Inc. |
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Starwalking: The Convention was a Star Wars Convention hosted by Star Walking Inc. which occurred on 8-10 September 1989 at the Melbourne Town House, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Guest of Honour was Jeremy Bulloch.
Convention Reports
From a much, much longer history of Star Walking Inc., see reference link for more.
A brief history of Star Walking Inc... ... the club flourished very quickly and within its first year of operation Star Walking Inc. ran its highly successful The Convention in September 1989. This large, multi-media science fiction event attracted over 300 people and featured Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) making his Australian convention guest of honour debut, and in the process becoming a good friend to Star Walking Inc. [1]
Also, from the zine Alliance #1 (1995), indicating that this was the first in a long line of successful conventions by Star Walking Inc:
In Sept 1989 we mounted a science-fiction convention at which Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett ) was the guest of honour. We then hosted the very successful EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 10th Anniversary Celebrations, then the Raiders of the Lost Ark tenth in May '91. For the 9th Australian Media Science Fiction Convention in October '91, I organised Kenny Baker (R2D2) and Dave Prowse as guests for this major event, held In Melbourne. In May 1993 we hosted our second convention, to coincide with Return of the Jedi's 10th anniversary. This convention was also extremely successful, and enjoyed by all those who attended. Our guests of honour were Don Bies (Skywalker Ranch Archivist) and Lisa Cowan (Lucasfilm Staff writer)...Easter 1995 will see the first of many pure STAR WARS universe conventions in Australia, with Force 1, the 1st National Star Wars Convention of Australia; It Is a 3 day gathering of Star Wars fans from all over the country who will group together to share their love of the Star Wars Universe. If you haven't been to a SF convention, I would urge you to attend FORCE ONE. FORCE ONE will be a forum for Star Wars fans - and the force will be following.[2]
Gallery
Photos by Jan MacNally
References
- ^ A brief history of Star Walking Inc., Archived version
- ^ Morrissey, Shane. "History of Australian Star Wars Fandom" - Alliance, No. 1. p. 62.