Here at Akubra we honour the hat that traces its origins to Hobart in 1876, when an Englishman called Benjamin Dunkerley decided that the island colony needed its own hatter. We salute five generations of the Keir family, who have devoted themselves to making the felted rabbit-fur Akubra an Australian icon and seeing it proudly worn by Aussies of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life.
It’s the hat that golfer Greg Norman, screen character Crocodile Dundee, country singer Lee Kernaghan, actors Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman and countless other celebrities — prime ministers, visiting dignitaries and royalty, not to mention the backbone of Australia, our rural community — have proudly made their own.