From AUSTRALIAN FAN FUNDS Version 1.0, 23rd August 1995 by Marc Ortlieb and Irwin Hirsh. Collated by Perry Middlemiss. Please send additions, corrections or suggestions to Perry at either

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MAFF

The Mid-Atlantic Fan Fund. Founded to create more friction between Australian fans. Very poorly administered, the final result never being officially announced, until now, as the Administrator, Marc Ortlieb, did not want to admit it.

1982    Marc Ortlieb (Not Nominated)
        The Middle of the Atlantic Ocean
        No trip report.
        Nominees: Justin Ackroyd, Terry Frost, Jack Herman,
                  Paul J. Stevens, Peter Toluzzi.

JAFFA

An attempt was made to establish an exchange between Australian and Japanese fandom, building on Koichi Yamamoto's visit in 1979, and funded by a travel grant from the Australia-Japan Association.

One-offs

"Tucker Bag" run by Eric Lindsay brought Bob Tucker to the 1975 Aussiecon.
"The Harding Fund" run by David Grigg Sent Lee Harding to Q-Con III in Brisbane 1976.
"Shaw Fund" run by Justin Ackroyd & Marc Ortlieb brought Bob Shaw to the 1985 Aussiecon Two.

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