Summary

Alternative Name(s): Magazine.

Staff newsletter titled 'Australian Kodakery', Issue No 4, October 1968, published by Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Victoria. The series runs from Issue No 1, July 1968 to No 171, June 1985. Missing issues no 87 and 110. Normally published monthly, with some exceptions, it was succeeded by 'Kodak News', which continued numbering with No 172, July 1985.

The cover story in October is 'New Sydney Kodak Colour Processing Laboratory Now in Operation'. According to the article, this was only the second colour processing laboratory in Australia. Photographs of the staff using the new technologies are included. Other feature articles in this edition include 'New Warehouse for Kodak in Sydney' and 'Going Abroad' - recognising the staff who have travelled to other Kodak facilities throughout the world to expand their knowledge. Photographs of Mr. B. Daniel, Mr. G. Green, Mr. A, Baltais, Mr. A. Lezdkalns, and Mr. J. Rudduck, all of whom have travelled abroad, are included. Included in this edition is a report on the annual 'Kodak Staff Football Match', in which Maintenance beat Administration 12.9.81 to 6.11.47. A photograph of the shield being presented to the Captain of Maintenance (Mr. L. Kennett) is included. Results for the 'Kodak Employees' Photographic Competition' of 1968 are also included, where Coburg's results are much better than in previous years. Regular columns published include 'Kodak Around the World'; 'Employee Benefits'; 'Classified Advertisements', 'Retirements'; 'Engagements, Marriages, Births and Deaths'; 'Coburg Chatter'; 'Bits from Branches'; 'Sport, Recreation, Clubs, Hobbies'.

This document is part of the Kodak Heritage Collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.

Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd manufactured and distributed a wide range of photographic products to Australasia, such as film, paper, chemicals, cameras and miscellaneous equipment. Its client base included amateur and professional photographers, as well as specialist medical and graphic art professionals who used photography, x-ray and other imaging techniques.

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6 page black and white paper newsletter

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