Akubra Coober Pedy Hat – Fern

Coober Pedy comes from the Aboriginal name kupu piti, meaning ‘White Fellows’ Burrow’. The famed opal fields in South Australia were so named by the local Aboriginals because the miners dug shafts underground not only to extract opal but to live in as well. We our proud to offer this stylish colour available to you without the long wait! 

Features:

• Pure fur felt — Akubra’s Imperial Quality
• Pre-creased Center Crease Crown
• 4 inches To Peak Of Crown
• Brim: 83mm, Bound Edge
• Crown Height: 100mm
• Fully Lined
• Reeded Roan Leather Sweatband
• 3 Eyelets For Ventilation On Each Side Of The Crown
• Color Black, Santone Fawn or Sand as stock colours
• Made in Australia by Akubra
• Kangaroo Tail Leather Band and Opal from Coober Pedy

About Akubra:

Akubra is an Australian hat manufacturer. The company is associated with bush hats made of rabbit fur felt with wide brims that are worn in rural Australia.

In 1874 Benjamin Dunkerley arrived in Tasmania from England and decided to start a hat making business in Hobart. His skills as a hatter were backed by his ability to invent machinery, and soon after his arrival he had developed a mechanical method of removing the hair tip from rabbit fur so the under-fur could be used in felt hat making. Previously this task had to be done by hand.

By 2015 Akubra has produced two million hats for the military.

Akubra Hats are still proudly Australian made in Kempsey.