The Blueprint was a monthly Australian magazine on close-up sleight-of-hand magic. Started by Barry Govan and Ian Baxter and taken over for the last two volumes by Murray Cooper and Gerry McCreanor. It ran from July 1974 to April 1981, a total of 82 issues with contributions by leading experts such as Ed Marlo, Tom Gagno, Danny Tong, Jon Racherbaumer, Ray Grismer, Phil Goldstein, Jeff Busby, Jerry Mentzer, Harry Lorayne and others.