A 14-year-old girl who was the face of Australia’s iconic hat company Akubra killed herself after enduring online bullying, her family said Sunday. Amy “Dolly” Everett, who began the ad campaign when ...
The famous Australian hat maker, Akubra, will now only use European rabbits to make its popular broad-rimmed hat. Loading... It has been using a mix of local and imported skins in recent years, but is ...
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. For countless Australians ...
A girl who was the face of an iconic Australian hat manufacturer when she was a child killed herself earlier this month due to bullying, according to the company as well as Facebook posts the BBC ...
Queensland federal MP Bob Katter may hang up his trademark Akubra hat in protest if the iconic hat maker no longer uses Australian rabbit skins. Akubra will now only use European skins to make its ...
For 130 years, Akubra has been making iconic Australian fur felt hats. But up until the last 18 months, the company was stuck in the '80s, operating on a DOS-based system. The DOS system was made up ...
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 ...
Bob Katter says it will be a "tragedy" if Akubra vanishes as an Australian brand Australian MP Bob Katter said he may hang up his trademark Akubra hat after the company said it was going to start ...
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 ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Past chief executive officers of Akubra had three things in common: they were men, they were members of the Keir family and they loved ...
It may sound like a fever dream, but it’s actually very real: back in 2014, cancelled cowboy MP Bob Katter bequeathed an Akubra hat unto American artist Pharrell Williams. Let’s unpack. This cursed ...
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 ...