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 ...

Iron-ore billionaire Andrew Forrest’s family office has struck a deal to buy Australian hat maker Akubra Hats Pty Ltd., deepening the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. founder’s ownership of local ...

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 ...

It takes six weeks to make an Akubra, passing through 60 pairs of hands in the Kempsey factory. Hear from Production Manager Stephen Keir V who was born into the business. WA Labor cruises to ...

Akubra CEO Natalie Culina leads a team of 120 people. Picture: Supplied Akubra Australia can’t make hats fast enough to keep up with demand. Picture: Supplied “The operation runs on a four-day ...