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 outback ...

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 museum ...

KEMPSEY, Australia (AP) — The image is seared into Australian lore: Under a hot desert sun, a mounted soldier pours the last of his water into his slouch hat to share with his best friend, his horse.

There’s something uniquely Australian about the meeting of dust and saltwater. The wide, red horizon giving way to the glint of the Pacific. This summer, Akubra is capturing that moment of contrast ...

A symbol of the Australian outback and a traditional shield against the harsh beating sun, the Akubra hat has been Australian made and owned for more than 130 years. But as Australia’s rabbit numbers ...

Akubra Hats has won a contract worth $5 million to supply the iconic slouch hat to the Australian Defence Force. The NSW business will make 50,000 hats for the Australian Army and Royal Australian Air ...

It is an Australian fashion staple famously donned by celebrities and prime ministers, and the new owners of Akubra hats, hand-made in Australia for almost 150 years, intend to keep it that way.

Akubra hats, as seen in the Crocodile Dundee films, 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 ...

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 museum ...