Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Property , from Mrs E.M.Wright to Mr C.J.Peglar.

Certificate of Title to Roger Robert Charles Jeanne De Stoop and Wivine Marie de Stoop for land in Joseph Street Blackburn North.Certificate of Title to Roger Robert Charles Jeanne De Stoop and Wivine Marie de Stoop for land in Joseph Street Blackburn North.de stoop, wivine, de stoop, roger, joseph street blackburn north, land titles

Correspondence and accounts, relating to the construction of a house at 8 Hazelmere Avenue, Mitcham for Max Grant. J. Chugg, Builder.Correspondence and accountschugg, max, hazelmere avenue, mitcham, no 8

Original Particulars and Conditions of Sale document by C.E. Carter & F. H. Patterson & Co, to B.C. Tilbury Esq and A.J.Albon Esq: Lots 98 and 99, Electric Railway estate, Ringwood Plan of Subdivision 9473, Crown Portion 18, Parish of Ringwood.

A file previously held in the collection of the Supreme Court of Victoria and now in Public Record Office Victoria contains records of the annulment of the marriage of Florence Cox in 1919. As the earliest known record of a person with intersex variations in Victorian history, Cox’s story – and this record – are of unique historical significance to the LGBTIQ+ history of the State. Florence Cox (1887–1950) had a middle-class upbringing in Melbourne. In 1914 she travelled to Bengal to marry her fiancé Frank Paice and to join him in his missionary work for the Baptist church. The couple returned to Melbourne in 1918 and the following year the Supreme Court of Victoria, at Paice’s request, annulled their marriage. The Supreme Court file reveals that Paice declared he had been unable to consummate the marriage, due to ‘a malformation frigidity or other defect of the parts of generation’ of his wife. Both Paice and Cox were subject to medical examination, which established that Cox had what is recognised today as the intersex condition complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. The court determined that marital intercourse, as it was understood at the time, was impossible for Paice and Cox, and granted the request for an annulment. Paice remarried, fathered children and led a successful professional and civic life, serving a period as Mayor of Nunawading, in the middle- class eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Cox’s life was very different. It is unlikely that anyone in her life would have known what had prompted the end of the marriage, but gossip would certainly have focussed on her part in it. She never remarried and, although she remained connected to her family, her story was rarely discussed. Cox was admitted to Mont Park Mental Hospital in Melbourne’s northern suburbs in 1945, where she died five years later. The Supreme Court file preserves one of the most detailed medical descriptions of a person with intersex variations from that period. It is particularly striking that following the court case, the file was closed ‘forever’. This indicates how seriously the court took the case, and its determination to protect Cox and Paice from public scrutiny. It speaks loudly to the thinking of the time on a matter that was rarely, if ever, raised in public. In 1997, Cox’s great-nephew Ian Richardson set out to investigate the secrecy surrounding his great-aunt Florrie. Following a relentless, two-year campaign by Richardson and other descendants of Cox and Paice, the Supreme Court file was finally opened to the public. Richardson’s book, God’s Triangle, recounts his quest and brings Cox’s story out of the archives and into the light. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood.

A letter to Mr A. Roy Charlesworth, valuer, Shire of Blackburn and Mitcham, accompanying four copies of certificates of title.A letter to Mr A. Roy Charlesworth, valuer, Shire of Blackburn and Mitcham, accompanying four copies of certificates of title.shire of blackburn and mitcham, orchard grove, blackburn south, simla street, mitcham, orient avenue, mitcham, land titles, charlesworth, albert roy, canterbury road, blackburn south, halls parade, mitcham, furness, albert george, kemp, frank, lemke, gustav robert, huffey, emily may

1970s payslip for Shirley Isabel Boreham, employee at the Stanley Works, who retired after 15 Years service.1970s payslip for Shirley Isabel Boreham, employee at the Stanley Works, who retired after 15 Years service.boreham, shirley, stanley works pty ltd

Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Property , from Mr W.E.Aird to (?)

Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Property , from Mrs M.A.Meyers to Mr C.C.Carrick.

Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Property , from Mr E.R.Givers to Mr C.N.Wilson.

Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Property , from Mrs S Corrie to Holeproof Ltd. Register No 11956.

Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Property , from Mr W.Ballock to Mr & Mrs Bott.

Certificate of Title: vol. 7827 fol. 071 to Tom Savage with transfers from October 1954 to 1970, recording subdivisionsCertificate of Title: vol. 7827 fol. 071 to Tom Savagesavage, tom, savage, grace beatrice, holmes, barbara ann, springfield road, nunawading, efron street, nunawading, savage court, nunawading, lemon grove, nunawading

BROWN SYNTHETIC BINDER - THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA - CONTAINING STATEMENTS CLUNES LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY 16 - 5 - 1955 TO 15 - 3 - 1956commerce, banking, benevolent society, clunes hospital

Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Property , from various Vendors to C.E.Carter.

Licences to Gordon Earle Hoskin: new licence 1970-71, renewal 1971-72Licences to Gordon Earle Hoskin: new licence 1970-71, renewal 1971-72.broadcasting, australia. postmaster general's department