Carter & Werner Australian pocket binoculars, 19th century., Henry Carter and Carl Werner 'Jeweller, Opticians and Importers of Optical instruments, Ballarat' started business in Lydiard Street Ballarat in the 1870s with great success and soon expanded to Launceston, Hobart and Melbourne with numerous agencies in country Victoria as well., Carl Werner is often identified as one of Australia's first optometrists., 12 cm wide