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Alternative Name(s): Magazine.

Staff newsletter titled 'Australian Kodakery', Issue No 8, Mar 1969, 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.

In the March edition of the 'Australian Kodakery', the best pictures from the 34th Kodak International Salon of Photography are presented. There were 4027 photographs entered from 25 different countries, including 42 movies. The competition was won by Mr. O. J. Roth from the Rochester office, with his photograph 'Quiet Landing'. An image of Mr Roth's work is included, as well as many other images from the 34th Kodak International Salon of Photography. Also in this edition are two articles about visiting Rochester delegates, Mr H Thompson and Mr R. W. Van Neil. Thompson was visiting Kodak branches in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, Van Neil planned to spend approximately one year with Kodak (Australia) Pty Ltd to review aspects of costing, accounting, financial reporting and financial analysis. Other articles included in this edition are: 'Photography through the sound barrier', 'Training course on industrial radiography', and 'Moomba Queen visits Kodak' - Ms. Janine Forbes, winner of the Moomba Queen Award, visited Kodak's Collins St store for a photo opportunity, bringing with her a greater than normal crowd of customers. 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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8 page black and white paper newsletter

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