are still made by the same family after more than a century Walking on to the floor of the Akubra hat factory in the town of Kempsey in New South Wales is like stepping back in time. The heavy ...

It doesn’t get much more Australiana than the classic Akubra hat, does it? A mainstay in Australian fashion since the 1870s, the brand Akubra might be responsible for the name we give to these ...

A 14-year-old girl who was the face of Australia’s iconic hat company Akubra killed herself after ... moment and ask for your respect to give us time to grieve," the family said.

Each hat takes about six weeks and 162 steps to make, passing through 60 pairs of hands in that time. The Akubra, an Aboriginal word meaning 'head covering,' has provided Australians protection ...

The Australian Akubra hat is one of the many symbols of the country, and one architectural team has used the hat’s recognizable form as inspiration for a spectacular off-grid home in the small ...

SYDNEY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Tattarang, the private investment group of Nicola and Andrew Forrest, the Australian iron ore magnate, said on Sunday it had acquired Australian hatmaker Akubra ...

Walking on to the floor of the Akubra hat factory in the town of Kempsey in New South Wales is like stepping back in time. The heavy machines whirring and buzzing look like they should be in a ...