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 ...

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. The image is seared into ...

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.

Rain permitting, they might fling the hat in the nearest puddle. This rural ritual isn’t a sign of disrespect, but the opposite. A quintessential symbol of Australian working life, the Akubra has to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...