Controversial Bravery: Victorian Binoculars Honoring Incompetent Mine Manager
Pair late Victorian binoculars, presented as bravery award. Engraved inscription: ''Awarded by the Royal shipwreck relief and Humane Society of N.S.W. To William Rogers Manager Mt Kembla Colliery N.S.W. For his bravery on the occasion of the explosion at the mine 31st July 1902''. The Mt Kembla mine explosion remains the worst industrial accident in Australian history, with 96 lives lost. An inquiry into the accident in 1903, found the mine manager, William Rogers, the recipient of this bravery award, incompetent and his Manager's certificate was suspended for twelve months.
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- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 – 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.
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