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.

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 ...

AS MANUFACTURERS abandon Australia in a bid to reduce costs, one of the world’s last hat makers is determined to retain its place here. Akubra has been weathering the economic fluctuations here 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 ...

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 ...

Outgoing chairman Stephen Keir IV says family-owned company ‘thought long and hard about selling business after five generations’ Iconic Australian hatmaker Akubra is changing ownership for the first ...

Australian MP Bob Katter said he may hang up his trademark Akubra hat after the company said it was going to start using only foreign rabbit fur. The broad-brimmed felt hats have been produced in ...

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.