Kodak Melbourne Memories - Betty Radstake, 1956-1966

This 2:29-minute digital story tells the story of Betty Radstake and her time working for Kodak Australasia at its Abbotsford and Coburg factories.

In 1956 Betty joined Kodak in Abbotsford as a secretary to the canteen manager Mr Eddie Sharkey and the waste survey manger Mr Ray Hull. Betty worked at lunchtimes in the canteen and did the catering orders. Betty left Kodak in 1961 to start a family, but she returned 2 years later as a densitometer operator in the Testing Department at Coburg.

Betty Radstake was interviewed as part of the Kodak oral history project. This digital story is an edited extract from her original 50-minute oral history interview.

The images shown are part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, after the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.

For further information about Betty Radstake and the Kodak Australasia Heritage Collection scroll down for more articles and images.

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