Corporate Body
Baker and Rouse Australia Laboratory (1894 - 1908)
- From
- 1894
Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1908
- Functions
- Photographic Industry
- Location
- Abbotsford, Victoria
Summary
Baker and Rouse Australia Laboratory was established in 1894, when Thomas Baker, founder of Thomas Baker and Company Laboratories, joined forces with accountant John Rouse. The company later began importing Eastman's Kodak products, changing the name to Kodak Australia in 1907.
Related entries
Timeline
1884 - c. 1907 Austral Plate Company
1887 - 1894 Thomas Baker and Company Laboratory
1894 - 1908 Baker and Rouse Australia Laboratory
2000 - Kodak (Australasia) Proprietary Limited
Archival resources
Museums Victoria
- Kodak Heritage Collection, Kodak Heritage Collection; Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd and its predecessors; Museums Victoria. Details
Published resources
Conference Papers
- Leggio, Angeletta, 'A history of Australia's Kodak manufacturing plant', in AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand (Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, 2006), pp. 147-158., https://aiccm.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/AICCM_BP2006_Leggio_p147-158.pdf. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475895. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 1 June 2000, Last modified: 6 March 2006
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