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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A time when men wore three-piece suits and a hat.” The brand might be synonymous with working on the land, but it was only in the 1950s, Culina says, when Akubra began targeting farmers in need ...

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 ...