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.

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, without ...

KEMPSEY, Australia — 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 ...

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 ...

The retired world champion, 44, will front the heritage label’s latest range of hats, formalising a decades-long unofficial partnership. “I’ve always had an Akubra in the closet,” he said. “You send a ...

Akubra is marking half a century of Australian craftsmanship at its home in country NSW, a remarkable achievement in an era of fast fashion. But it hasn’t always been easy. As Akubra marks 50 years of ...

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 NSW ...

Katter’s Australian Party candidate for Herbert Nanette Radeck has rubbished claims the Akubra is a “right wing symbol”, after copping criticism from a southerner. Ms Radeck said she was recently ...