Bill Delecca was born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1929. A Bendigo-based teacher and painter, he has exhibited widely in the local area from 1951, including a retrospective in Bendigo Art Gallery, 1990. He has twice won the Bendigo Art Prize for watercolour and his work is represented in galleries and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. Instrumental in the establishment of degree courses in Art at Bendigo College of Advanced Education, he is also the author of an Education Department report to the Australia Council, 1987.Oil painting. The painting is done in dark grey and white with some splashes of orange. William Delecca Collection.In pencil on the back Stramit Industries fire at Golden Square 1961, painting by William A. Deleccagolden squrae, stramit industries, fire

Booklet titled ' Back to Golden Square, November 20,21,22 1964' 'Souvenir booklet, price 4/-' written on cover. Yellow cover, photo of obelisk on front cover. Information includes Golden Square Brass Band, Stramit industries, scout group, Mrs. E. Swatton, Mrs. Norma Gilbert, Mr. Con Vafiopulious, Golden Square High School, Golden Square Fire Brigade, football club, bowling club, Methodist church, Golden Square Working Men's Club, Golden Square Cricket Club and 'facts and figures of gold mining in Golden Square'.golden square, back to golden square, 1964

This list of factories in the City of Sunshine is an extract from a report by City of Sunshine in 1962.This report records the business name, type of industry and address of businesses operating in the City of Sunshine in 1962.Factory Name or Occupier A.C. Stebbing A.E. Davies A.F. & J.A. Dawes A.G. & N. Pennell A.G. Spalding Bros (A'sia) Pty Ltd A.H. Corral & H. Reeves A.R.C. Engineering Company Pty Ltd A.V. Homes Albert G. Sims Ltd Albert G. Sims Ltd Albion Quarrying Company Pty Ltd Albion Timber Company Alfred George Black Alliance Printing Company Amsterdamer, Mark & Isabella Andrew W. Rea Antonio Koumis Armstrong York Engineering Pty Ltd Associated Rubber Company Pty Ltd Austral Bronze Company Pty Ltd Austral Standard Cables Pty Ltd B.A. Martin Baker & Taylor Pty Ltd Barnard Bros. Pty Ltd Bethell & Bradley Bill's Transport Services Pty Ltd Birmbaun Fairwell & Richter, Morka (Occ B. & R. Company) Boonspa Pty Ltd British Australia Carpet Manufacturing Company Brooklea Timber Company Brooklyn Motor Springs Works Broons Containers Ltd Broons Timber Pty Ltd C. & L.A. Dunt Letcher & Hartley C. Wolfenden & Company C.J.T. Niven Pty Ltd C.T. Wimble & Co. Pty Ltd C.V. Trowbridge Caluzzi, L. Canada Cycle & Motor Company Pty Ltd Canterbury, C.W. Connor Shea & Company Pty Ltd Consilated Bearing Company Pty Ltd Consolidated Metal Products Co-Operative Farmers & Graziers (Direct Meat Supply Ltd) Corrougated Fibre Container Pty Ltd Crittall Manufacturing Company Crittall Manufacturing Company Crocuher & Sharpe Currie Furniture Manufacturing Company D. Pavlovic D. Richardson & Sons Pty Ltd D. Ure D.J. & J. Bingham Dalco Pty Ltd Dalgety's Properties (Vic) Pty Ltd Dalgety's Stores Pty Ltd Darmas Welding Engineers Digby Leonard Stanley Dixon & Co. Pty Ltd Dover Machine Tools Pty Ltd Dycraft Ltd E. & F. Industries Pty Ltd E.G. Hallett E.J. Andrew E.N. Gordon Ecole Pty Ltd Edward Campbell & Son Pty Ltd ETA Foods Pty Ltd ETA Foods Pty Ltd Eunson & Bosse Everlast Steel Products Exors F.H. & L.G. Gilbert Estate Express Holdings Ltd Extruded Metals Pty Ltd Extruded Metals Pty Ltd F. Watkins Pty Ltd F. Watkins Snr. F.J. Clements F.J. Humphrey Fairway Scale & Tube Pty Ltd Ferron Industries Ficken Haliday & McClelland Pty Ltd Fletcher Chemical Company Franklin Press Frederick Heaviside Frederick Heaviside Frederick R. Marsh G. & F. Hortin G. Vargiu G. Wills & Co. Ltd G.Harris Builders Pty Ltd G.R. & L.M. Wilson George A. Backhouse Go Kart Manufacturing Company (Aust) Pty Ltd Guy Bros. Pty Ltd H. Hartley & J. White H.J. & D.J. Scoble H.J. Drayton Harland Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd Harold Meggitt Ltd Harrison, L. Harvey-Little, E.J. Haxby Bros. Herlihy Bros. Hills & Mason Humes Ltd I. & P. Panel (K. Flack Tenant) I.H. Blacker Industrial Oxygen Company Pty Ltd Industrial Service Engineering J. & E. Montomery J. & O.E. Turnley J. Adler (National Springs) J. Adler (Owner) J. Flint J. Walker J.A. Lewis J.A. Short (Owner) Steel Craft Baby Cariages Pty Ltd J.A. Taylor J.A. Watson J.F. Lane J.H. Hutson J.H. Moffitt & N.D. McLean Norsun Motors J.H. Ralph J.H. Ryan J.H. Steel J.H. Story J.H. Warnock J.J. & D.M. Allan J.M. & A.L. Scanlon J.R. Parsons J.T. & A.W. Carter J.T. Carter James Herbert Sharp James Michael & E. Montgomery John Charles Duxson John Darling & Son Pty Ltd K. & B. Chapman K.M. Steel Products K.W. Thomas (Melb) Pty Ltd Kleins Holdings Ltd Kreglinger (Aust) Pty Ltd L. Baldwin L.E. Poole L.H. Plastersheet Manufacturing Company Pty Ltd L.H. Tonkin L.T. Cody Lanz Aust Pty Ltd Lenmax Constructions Pty Ltd Leroc Oil Company Pty Ltd Leslie John Guy Liquid Cartage Company Pty Ltd Lustre Cleaning M. & C. Gatt M. Dawydiuk Maidstone Ice Works Maidstone Plaster Company Maribyrnong Timber & Trucking Company Pty Ltd Marriott Heat Treatment Massey Ferguson Pty Ltd McPherson's Limited Mees. Nederlof Meggitt Limited Melon Investments Pty Ltd (Invicta Mills Pty Ltd) Mephalene Pty Ltd Mephan Ferguson Pty Ltd Metal Manufacturers Ltd Mills Scaffolds Mills, Robgrae Polishing Company Mobile Concrete Constructions Company Pty Ltd Monier Pipe Company Pty Ltd Monsanto Australia Pty Ltd Moorabbin Sand Pits Pty Ltd Morris McMahon Mr. Sneddon N.W. Riley National Forge Company National Motors Springs (Vic) Pty Ltd Nelson Nettlefold Pty Ltd Nilo Industries Pty Ltd Nobel A/sia Pty Lrd Norman Smorgan & Sons Pty Ltd Olympic Cables Pty Ltd Olympic Tyre & Rubber Company Pty Ltd Oversea Corporation (Aust) Ltd P. Sztogryn P.T. Cooper Pelaco Ltd Perfect Circle (Aust) Pty Ltd Perfect Trading Company Peter Mochrie Phoenix Foreworks Company Pty Ltd Polson Motor Parts Company Pty Ltd Prism Paints R. Popp & Z. Stepanek R. Simpson R.A.G. Kent R.G. & D. Mattinson R.J. & D.G. Layton R.M.D. Press Company Pty Ltd R.M.D. Press Company Pty Ltd Ralph McKay Ready Mix Concrete Victoria Pty Ltd Regal Quarries Pty Ltd Rheem Manufacturing Company (Aust) Pty Ltd Richard Williams Yeomans Richard, E. Robert Bodington Pty Ltd Rothmans of Pall Mall (Aust) Ltd Roy Francis Wood Rubbertex (Aust) Pty Ltd S. & G. Barlow S.M. Peters Sandhurst Estates Pty Ltd Sankey Benson Wheels Seabridge, William Alexander Selleys Chemical Manufacturer Company Pty Ltd Seven X Beverages Pty Ltd Sidney Cooke Pty Ltd Silicate & Dolmite Pty Ltd of Australia Smith Bros. Pty Ltd Smithwelds Pty Ltd Sonneham Southern Cross Windmills & Engines Standard Steel Company Pty Ltd Stanfield Steel Company Stanger Power Equipment Pty Ltd Stanley Quarries Pty Ltd Steedman, Ian Knollys Steel Improvements Company Pty Lrd Steelbilt (Vic) Pty Ltd Steels & Metals Pty Ltd Steelweld Pty Ltd Stramit Board Pty Ltd Sunbeam Corporation Ltd Sunshine Cabinet Works Sunshine Extrusion Die Sunshine Primary Exports Pty Ltd Sunshine Vitreous Enamellers Pty Ltd Sunshine Waste Company (Kagan Bros. Pty Ltd) Sunshine Waste Industries Swanston Engineering Pty Ltd T. & L. Cockram Pty Ltd T. O'Hare T. Zafis Tallamy & Marriott (Occ McPherson, Duncan Alexander) Taubans Group Factories Pty Ltd The Australian Wool Bureau The Lysaght Durham Chemical Company Pty Ltd Thomas Borthwick & Son (A'sia) Ltd Thomas Joseph Donohoe Thomas Walsh & Company Pty Ltd Tip Top Cordials Pty Ltd Tobin K. Wm. & V.M. Tyler Bros. Una Timber Industries Pty Ltd Unit Fabrications Pty Ltd (Occ. Didier, L.C.J.) V. Manhavac Vacu-Lug (N.S.W.) Pty Ltd Valentine Smith Victorian Steel Fabrications Vickers-Detroit Hydraulics Pty Ltd Victoria Road Pty Ltd Victorian Casing Company Pty Ltd Victorian Meter Laboratory Victorian Steel Fabrication Pty Ltd W. Janus & L. Taylor W. Pridham Pty Ltd W.G. Sullivan W.H. Dunham W.L. Allen Foundry Company W.M. Bruns W.T. Stembridge Wilcox Mofflin Ltd William Adams & Company Ltd William Atkins (Vic) Pty Ltd William Whitely & Sons (Aust) Pty Ltd Wiltshire File Company Wunderich - Humes Asbestos Pipes Pty Ltd Wunderich Ltd Zinc Oxide (Aust) Pty Ltd