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R. M. Williams (company)
Craftsman boot (Comfort Craftsman pictured)
The Craftsman has been the company's signature boot since 1966, and it still begins life in the Adelaide workshop where R.M. Williams boots have always been made. The upper is cut from a single piece of leather, so there is no side seam to split, and each finishing step is done by hand. That construction is what makes the price easier to justify: the company repairs worn pairs, from a new pull tab right up to a complete re-last and re-sole, so one pair can outlast several sets of heels. If you only buy one Australian-made thing for your wardrobe, this is the safest bet.
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Akubra
Fur felt bush hats
Akubra moved its hatmaking to Kempsey, on the New South Wales mid-north coast, in 1974, and it still sells every hat on a Made in Kempsey promise. The felt is rabbit fur rather than wool, the material that saw Akubra's slouch hats judged tougher than the wool-felt versions before them, and it is why a good Akubra survives years of sun, rain and being grabbed by the crown. Ownership changed in November 2023, when the Forrest family's investment company Tattarang bought the business, but the hats are still made in the same town. Try several crown and brim shapes on in person; the fit matters more than the style name.
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Driza-Bone
Oilskin coats and jackets, Australian-made lines only
Driza-Bone is the honest test case here. The company says plainly that not every oilskin item is still made in Australia, and that its overseas range is now produced in Vietnam, while a selection of pieces, including its Desert Wax and Drywax jackets and vests, is still made at home. So the brand earns its place only if you check the tag: buy the Australian-made coats and you get the oilskin that has kept stockmen dry for well over a century, made here. A good oilskin also lasts because you can keep it working yourself, reproofing it with the company's own dressing rather than sending it away.
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Mortels Sheepskin Factory
Sheepskin ugg boots
Ugg boots are the classic Australian name made somewhere else, because the best-known UGG brand belongs to an American company. Mortels is the plain-dealing alternative: Australian owned since it was founded in 1958, and making its boots and other sheepskin goods from Australian sheepskins at its own base in Thornton, New South Wales. Real sheepskin, with the wool still on the hide, is the whole point of an ugg, and a maker that works from Australian skins in its own factory is the surest way to get it. If you are driving through the Hunter, the giant ugg boots outside the factory are hard to miss.
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Waverley Mills
Wool blankets and throws
Waverley has been making woolen cloth on the banks of Distillery Creek in Launceston since 1874, and it calls itself Australia's oldest working textile mill. That matters more than the heritage story suggests, because a blanket from a mill that still spins, weaves and finishes on site is one of the very few textiles you can buy that never left Australia on its way to your bed. A Waverley wool blanket or tartan throw costs more than a department-store version, but it is the kind of thing that gets handed down rather than replaced, and it is a far better present to take home than anything from a souvenir shop.
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Dinosaur Designs
Resin bowls, vases and homeware
Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy started Dinosaur Designs in 1985, and four decades on the resin pieces are still made by hand in the company's Sydney studio rather than outsourced to a factory. You can see it in the work: the colors swirl and cloud like polished stone or sea glass. Because each piece is made by hand, a salad bowl or vase here is a better buy for a centerpiece or a gift than for a perfectly matched set, and a far more distinctive thing to carry home from Australia than anything in a souvenir shop.
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Mud Australia
Porcelain cups, plates and bowls
Mud has been making porcelain since 1994, and every piece is still made by hand in its Sydney studio from clay brought in from Limoges in France. The color goes into the clay itself at the slip stage rather than sitting on top as a glaze, which is what gives the matte outside its soft, chalky depth, and the range comes in 19 colors mixed in-house. It is everyday tableware rather than a display piece: the company says its drinkware can go in the oven, microwave and dishwasher, with some care. Start with a couple of mugs or espresso cups before committing to a full dinner set.
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Solidteknics
AUS-ION wrought iron pans
Solidteknics calls itself the only production cookware still made in Australia, and it makes its pans in Sydney. The AUS-ION range is formed from a single sheet of Australian wrought iron, with no rivets, joins or welds, so there is no handle to work loose and nothing to fail at the seam. You get the searing and oven-to-table use of cast iron at about half the weight, which makes a big skillet much easier to lift one-handed, and the company backs it with what it calls a multi-century warranty. The trade-off is bare iron care: the non-stick surface comes from seasoning built up with oil, though the Quenched versions arrive already seasoned.
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KeepCup
Original plastic reusable cups
KeepCup launched in Melbourne in 2009, and its plastic Original range was made in Australia from the start. That is the line to pick if local manufacture matters: the company says Australian production continues for its plastic cups, lids and plugs, though it also makes plastic parts in the UK and China, so check the product details before you buy. Its glass and stainless steel cups are made in China, and the cork bands come from recovered Portuguese wine-cork offcuts. Every cup is hand-assembled by the company's own warehouse teams in Australia and the UK. The plastic Original is also the lightest choice to keep in the car for the morning coffee run.
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Lucas' Papaw Ointment
The red tube that turns up in Australian purses, glove compartments and first-aid kits is still a Brisbane product. Dr Thomas Pennington Lucas formulated it, the company dates itself to 1910, and his descendants still own and run it from Acacia Ridge, making the ointment by the same process he developed. It is cheap, it lasts, and plenty of people use it for dry lips and rough patches of skin, which makes it the rare everyday thing on this list that is also an easy, inexpensive taste of home to mail to someone overseas.
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MooGoo Skin Care
Moisturizers, washes and shampoos
MooGoo is the easy everyday answer for anyone who wants Australian-made skin care without paying department-store prices. The Australian-owned company says all its products are made in Australia, and its creams come out of what it calls Queensland's first carbon-neutral facility. The range is aimed at dry and sensitive skin, from its Skin Milk Udder Cream to body washes and a sensitive-scalp shampoo, and it is stocked at Australian pharmacies, so you can pick it up with the weekly shopping rather than hunting for it online.
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