The 68th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), Aussiecon Four, was held 2-6 September 2010, in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the location selected by the members of Denvention 3.
Guests of honour were author Kim Stanley Robinson, fan Robin Johnson, and artist Shaun Tan. The co-chairs were Perry Middlemiss and Rose Mitchell.
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