Peter Alkemade

Coimadai Lime Kilns - Victoria - History|Quarries - Extractive Industries|Work Conditions - Wages and Salaries - 1920 - 1970|Alkemade Family

as in title/subject.|Contents:|Discussion appears to be based around photographs the interviewer and the interviewee are sighting.|0 - 3 mins: Tobacco growing in Coimodai. Quarrying, including use of gelignite. 1886 lime production of 2000 bags per week.|3 - 6 mins: Jeny Mitchell chats to Peter Alkemade about the production capabilities of the various lime kilns.|6 - 9 mins : Lime production methods. Clinkering.|9 - 12 mins: As above. Lime production machinery, progression from steam to gas. Lime brick production.|12 - 15 mins : Lime production to crushing process. Slack lime.|15 - 18 mins: Lime bagging. 1930 staffing was a family affair of father and five sons.|18 - 21 mins: As above.|21 - 24 mins: Lime kilns at Colac and Heywood, Victoria. Alkemade family.|24 - 27 mins : Mitchell's of Lilydale. Bennett's Hotel. Discussions on photographs of Coimoidai township.|27 - 30 mins: As above.|30 - 33 mins : Lake Merrimu. Aeitology of Coimoidai - indigenous meaning for gathering place?|33 - 37 mins: Staff of 50 upto the 1930's. Properties of lime at different stages of production with relation to safety of staff. Union involvement pre depression. Wages of 3 pound 10 in the 20's and rose to 4 poinds in the 30's. The effect of the munitions industry on salary inflation in the country towns.|37 - 40 mins : 1969 to 1980 salaries rose to $300 per week.
Father died in 1948. Kilns went to Robert Alkemade. Robert's eldest son, Neville Alkemade worked the kilns until 1968.|40 - 43 mins: Coimoidai 1850 - 1860 history through to geological basis of Mt Bullengarook area.|43 - 46 mins: Discussion of mineral and stones found in the area. Dept of Supply took over the quarrying during the war.|46 - 49 mins: German scientists interest in the magnesium mining in Coimadi for magensium metal. Composition of dolomite. Use in farming for orchards and potato farming. Calcium carbonite or burnt lime for soil conditioning of acid soils. Magnesium use in lime for mortar in use of house building.

Sound Disc 2

sound disc (49 mins.) :digital, stereo ;4 3/4 in.

Jenny Mitchell, Rod Faulkner

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc.

Maribyrnong, (Vic)

Sound Recording

130104573

VMLMW

1984