Steampunk is Official in Australia and New Zealand.
The Schools catalogue Information Service, which provides library and literary services to Schools and libraries accross the South pacific have officially included Steampunk as a Subject Heading for books and resources. This means the an Australian Government Body recognise the Steampunk sub-genre. the advocacy by a handful of Neovictorian librarians was succesful and now ANZ steampunk authors like Michael Pryor and Pip Ballantyne will have more recognition for their work by the people who chose what our young people read.
Steampunk engine outside Steampunk HQ
an art collaboration and gallery celebrating
steampunk culture in Oamaru, New Zealand.
Photography by Pseudopanax. Public domain.