Binns, Helena

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Binns, Helena

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  • Roberts, Helena
  • Duce, Margaret

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Dates of existence

1941-2023

History

Helena Binns was an Australian artist and photographer. She was born Margaret Duce in 1941 in Victoria, Australia. At the age of 13, she joined the Melbourne Science Fiction Fan Club and began to contribute to the club’s magazine, Etherline. She attended her first science fiction convention in 1958 in Melbourne. In 1973 she received her first camera and began capturing conventions she attended. Binns was the official photographer for ‘Aussiecon’, the 33rd World Science Fiction Convention, and the first to held in Australia. In 2009, Helena was made an honorary life member for the Melbourne Science Fiction Club. She passed away in 2023 in Victoria, Australia.

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World Science Fiction Convention (33rd : 1975 : Melbourne, Vic.) (14-17 Aug 1975)

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AU QU

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associative

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1975

Description of relationship

Helena Roberts was the official photographer of Aussiecon I.

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Revised, KM, 8-May-2025. Created Amanda Main 23-Aug-2019.

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  • English

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Sources

Gillespie, Bruce (1999). Scratch Pad, No. 35, Oct 1999, p. 2.
Locus Online (2023). Helena Binns (1941-2023), accessed online 8-May-2025

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Added dates of existence and history, KM, 8-May-2025.

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