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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australian teen Amy Jayne Everett, known as Dolly — seen here at a younger age — killed herself on Jan. 3 “to escape the evil in this world,” her father says. He has invited the people who bullied her ...

Akubra has not made many changes to the computer software that has run its manufacturing system for about the past 25 years, up until now. Doffing duo . . . Akubra's Roy Wilkinson and Joya ...

Men's head wear is back in fashion and one of Australia's iconic brands, Akubra, is tapping into this fashion trend. After all they began life 140 years ago as a fashion brand, not the country symbol ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...