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10th [[Australian Natcon]], also known, informally, as '''Gelaticon''', on account of an incident where scheduled programming was abandoned in favour of queueing for icecream from a gelati van that had arrived outside.
It was held 1-2 January 1971 at a portable lecture room assigned to the Meteorology Department of the University of Melbourne, in [[Melbourne]], Victoria, [[Australia]].
The convention was organised by [[John Foyster]], [[Leigh Edmonds]] and [[Lee Harding]]. The venue was supplied by [[Dick Jenssen]].
[[Robin Johnson]] was [[Fan GoH]]. 

There was a costume party on Friday night. [[Merv Binns]] "der Fuehrer of the [[MSFC]]" went as Adolf Hitler, and was awarded a prize; another was won by [[Robin Johnson]] as Nicholas van Rijn. 

The convention was followed by a day of films, run by the [[Melbourne Fantasy Film Group]]. 

There is a convention report in issue 20 of ''[[SF Commentary]]''.

A colour photo of fans queuing for gelati is included in issue 6 of ''[[iOTA]]''. Some black-and-white photos from the convention are included in issue 5.  

{{convention | year=1971 | before=Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention | after=Syncon 2}}

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