Objects of Substance - The Wilkinson Safe

started its life-based in the Main Building. After this brief but significant mention, the safe is not acknowledged again.

Board Minutes, 27 July 1900

The earliest known historical reference to a safe extends far back to the thirteenth century BC. Discovered in the tomb of Pharoah Ramesses II, the safe was a wooden box with a locking mechanism that used pins that dropped into holes. This innovative design for a lock is recognisable in contemporary locks today.