Melbourne Science Fiction Club Inc. ( Also known as the M.S.F.C. or colloquially " the club " ) was founded in May 1952 by Race Mathews and others . It is the second oldest continuously active science fiction club in the world , after the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society . It meets once a month in Melbourne . Members of the MSFC were instrumental in organising and running three World Science Fiction Conventions in Australia : Aussiecon in 1975 ; Aussiecon Two in 1985 ; and Aussiecon 3 in 1999 . Current members were involved in the Aussiecon 4 Worldcon in 2010 . Members have also been involved in running many of the annual versions of the Australian National Science Fiction Conventions and other regional conventions in and around Melbourne , Australia
Aussiecon 3
57th World Science Fiction Convention
Melbourne Science Fiction Club