Golden Fleece was the brand of petroleum and related products marketed and distributed by the Australian Company H.C. Sleigh which was established by Harold Crofton Sleigh as a shipping and import/export business in Melbourne in 1895. H.C. Sleigh took over the first consignment of Californian motor spirit imported to Australia arrived in 1913 and marketed it as Golden Fleece.

By the 1930s the company had established 20 service stations in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide to sell its own products. The stations provided full drive-in facilities. Harold Crofton Sleigh died in 1933 and was succeeded by Hamilton Sleigh, who had been taken into the partnership in 1924. Following the outbreak of World War II motor spirit rationing was introduced in Australia in 1940 as an emergency routine measure, but was not removed until 1950, by the then newly formed Menzies government.

In the early 1950s the merino more...

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Motor trade: an original 'Exide Batteries' poster (1926); a…

Motor trade: an original 'Exide Batteries' poster (1926); a 'Keep Bros. & wood Pty Ltd, Batman Street, West Melbourne c.1930s trade catalogue; various unused motor-trade related advertising blotters (golden Fleece, Aero-Press, shell motor oil, etc.)

Golden Fleece antique carved emu egg with ship portrait,…

Golden Fleece Carved Emu Egg with Ship Portrait

Golden Fleece antique carved emu egg with ship portrait, engraved 'Carved by John W. Stewart, Charity, Faith, Hope. Golden Fleece. Albury 1887, Sydney 1888', 14 cm high

Wembley Ware 'Golden Fleece' ceramic ram ashtray impressed…

Wembley Ware Golden Fleece Ram Ashtray

Wembley Ware 'Golden Fleece' ceramic ram ashtray impressed factory mark to base 8 cm high, 14.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection

Diana Pottery, three golden Fleece ashtrays, slip cast…

Diana Pottery Golden Fleece Ashtrays with Sheep Figurines

Diana Pottery, three golden Fleece ashtrays, slip cast earthenware with merino sheep figurines, in yellow gloss glaze and gold lustre accents, one ashtray in the shape of Australia, factory stamps underneath (3), approx. Width 20 cm (largest). Provenance:…

Set six oil Company beer glass coasters, each coaster with…

Oil Company Beer Coasters Set

Set six oil Company beer glass coasters, each coaster with advertising emblem for an oil Company, including: Mobil, Castrol, golden Fleece, shell, etc.

1958-74 cards & decals including 1958 (circa) shell 'Club…

1958-74 Football Cards and Decals Collection

1958-74 cards & decals including 1958 (circa) shell 'Club mascot Transfer' [1/29]; 1959 Besters 'Victorian Footballers' thick [1/23] & thin [1/23] (trimmed at top); 1963-68 golden Fleece 'Activ 8 Transfer' [1/42]; 1973 Noonans 'Footy Freaks '(14); 1974…

Trade Brochure: 'Fordson Major' Farms Australia catalogue,…

Vintage Farming & Service Station Catalogues

Trade Brochure: 'Fordson Major' Farms Australia catalogue, circa 1950s; also, a range of Golden Fleece items associated with Blackwell Service Station, Clayton.

Garaganalia including shell miniature glass oil bottle, golden…

Garaganalia Collection: Oil Bottle, Matchbook, Ashtrays & Tyres

Garaganalia including shell miniature glass oil bottle, golden Fleece matchbook, two Pegasus enamel ashtrays and a Dunlop tyres ashtray, 20th century, (5 items), the bottle 5 cm high

Three cast metal money boxes, including Golden Fleece, radiator,…

Assorted Cast Metal Money Boxes, 20th Century

Three cast metal money boxes, including Golden Fleece, radiator, and Little Joe, 20th century. The largest 17 cm high.

Vintage five gallon Golden Fleece fuel tin marked for '…

Golden Fleece 5 Gal Multi-Grade Fuel Tin

Vintage five gallon Golden Fleece fuel tin marked for ' Multi-Grade MS 20W-40.' Fair condition with surface rust to top.

Golden Fleece veteran car rally medal issued in 1960 Caloundra…

1960 Golden Fleece Veteran Car Rally Medal

Golden Fleece veteran car rally medal issued in 1960 Caloundra Queensland to J.Roberts, 4.5 cm.

Collection of golden Fleece items & Veedol sign mid 20th…

Golden Fleece & Veedol Mid-Century Memorabilia Collection

Collection of golden Fleece items & Veedol sign mid 20th century consisting of oil bottles, record books & numerous copies of Sydney or the bush vinyl featuring verses of Henry Lawson recorded to music.

1960s football decals, noted c.1960 Shell 'Club Mascot Decals'…

1960s Football Decals Collection

1960s football decals, noted c.1960 Shell 'Club Mascot Decals' (5/12 + 3 spares); c.1964 Mobilgas Special Decals (3/12); c.1965 Mobil Special Decals (1/12); c.1965 Mobilgas Decals (1/12); c.1965 Golden Fleece Activ-8 'Reverse Decals' (6/12 + 1 spare).…

Oil bottle with pourer, marked Golden Fleece

Golden Fleece Oil Bottle with Pourer

Oil bottle with pourer, marked Golden Fleece

A Derby figural group, 'Jason & Medea at the Altar of Diana',…

Jason & Medea at Diana's Altar

A Derby figural group, 'Jason & Medea at the Altar of Diana', circa 1820, pattern 37, the allegorical group illustrating a scene from 'Jason and the Golden Fleece', in a vibrant enamel palette of yellow, orange and puce, with Jason dressed in Roman armour…

A bronzed spelter figure of a Renaissance Navigator Explorer,…

Renaissance Navigator Explorer Figure

A bronzed spelter figure of a Renaissance Navigator Explorer, 19th century, a portrait of a 16th century explorer, carrying a map, wearing a golden Fleece pendant and supported by a plinth with rope and a compass, unsigned, height 55 cm

A pair of 'Golden Fleece' bookends, painted cast iron. One…

Golden Fleece Painted Cast Iron Bookends

A pair of 'Golden Fleece' bookends, painted cast iron. One screw and paint missing. Height 13.5 cm.

An early 'Golden Fleece' enamel sign. 30.5 x 51 cm

Vintage Golden Fleece Enamel Sign

An early 'Golden Fleece' enamel sign. 30.5 x 51 cm

Two Golden Fleece mobile fuel tanks

Golden Fleece: Mobile Fuel Tanks

Two Golden Fleece mobile fuel tanks

Hornby Dublo 2 rail 2235 462 SR West country locomotive…

Hornby Dublo Locomotives with Tender and Leaflets (2)

Hornby Dublo 2 rail 2235 462 SR West country locomotive 'Barnstaple' and tender and leaflet; and Hornby Dublo 2211 16.5 MM 'Golden Fleece' loco and tender and guarantee leaflet (VG-E boxes G-VG) (2)

Wembley Ware golden Fleece ram ashtray

Golden Fleece Ram Ashtray by Wembley Ware

Wembley Ware golden Fleece ram ashtray

Two vintage golden Fleece 5 gallon oil drums

Vintage Golden Fleece Oil Drums - 5 Gallon Capacity

Two vintage golden Fleece 5 gallon oil drums

Carlton: 1907 'League Football Series' postcard; 1960s Golden…

Vintage Carlton Football Memorabilia Collection

Carlton: 1907 'League Football Series' postcard; 1960s Golden Fleece decal; 1960s folk-art wall plaque; c1970s adidas postcard showing Alex Jesaulenko.

1975 golden Fleece 'VFL Team Flag Stickers', part set [7/12].…

1975 VFL Team Flag Stickers - Part Set (7/12)

1975 golden Fleece 'VFL Team Flag Stickers', part set [7/12]. G/VG.

An Australian goldfields miners brooch, by Larard Brothers,…

Australian Goldfields Miners Brooch by Larard Brothers, Melbourne

An Australian goldfields miners brooch, by Larard Brothers, Little Collins Street, Melbourne, circa 1895 designed with a crossed pick and shovel and gold nugget, marked 'LARARD BROS', '15 / Golden Fleece / Star' and Manufacturing Jewellers Association of…

Collection of Hornby rolling stock, locos and tenders,…

Hornby Rolling Stock Collection with Loco and Tenders

Collection of Hornby rolling stock, locos and tenders, including boxed Dublo tender D2 LMS; boxed Dublo Cardiff Castle; boxed Dublo 4049 composite Retaurant car; boxed Dublo Duchess of Montrose; boxed 2211 Golden Fleece; 2 x No. 2 single arm signal boxed,…

Signs: Large lot of oil pourer stand metal signs. Featuring…

Lot of Vintage Oil Pourer Metal Signs

Signs: Large lot of oil pourer stand metal signs. Featuring Shell Rimula x, Shell x Mo, Golden Fleece and others including some pairs. Ideal lot for a restorer or trader. (11 items)

Transfers/Decals: 1965 Golden Fleece 'Tasmania Activ-8…

1965 Golden Fleece & c1970 Mobil Transfers/Decals

Transfers/Decals: 1965 Golden Fleece 'Tasmania Activ-8 Transfers' (7/11) (Burnie, East Launceston, Hobart, Latrobe, Longford, North Hobart & Sandy Bay); plus c1970 Mobil 'Channel 9 Territory SANFL Decals' (6/10 + 2 spares), for Central Districts, North…

C1933-70s transfers, stickers & cards, mostly SANFL, noted…

70s SANFL Transfers, Stickers & Cards Collection

C1933-70s transfers, stickers & cards, mostly SANFL, noted c1959 Mobilgas special 'SANFL Club Mascots transfers' (6/8); 1965 Golden Fleece 'SANFL Activ-8 transfers' (5/10); c1965 Golden Fleece 'SANFL small transfers' (1/10); c1965 Bp 'SANFL Footy Flag…