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Central Australia, Alice Springs
Town Camp Designs is a 100% Aboriginal owned and run art centre at 16 Fogarty Street, Alice Springs, created by Ewyenper Atwatye, Tangentyere Artists and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists. Artists create designs based on paper and ink, which are applied to merchandise including t-shirts, hoodies, enamel pins, scarves and tote bags, with all profit going to artists' fees and future projects.
Best for Paper and ink designs on merchandise
Melbourne / Australia
All The King's Men has hand-made leather and canvas bags, belts and wallets in its Melbourne workshop since 2003. Its online store sells totes, briefcases, backpacks and desk goods, backed by a three-year guarantee and an embossing service.
Best for Leather goods, bags, handmade accessories
CBD, Melbourne
Dropouts is an independent Melbourne CBD store selling fashion, records, tapes, CDs and objects, curating labels such as Perks and Mini and Fucking Awesome alongside publications and lifestyle items. It stocks unisex and women's clothing plus accessories including eyewear, bags, headwear and jewellery.
Best for Independent streetwear and record store
Cardwell (Cassowary Coast, south of Cairns)
Girringun represents artists from nine Traditional Owner groups and produces paintings, ceramics, weaving, sculpture, prints and the region's distinctive bagu figures. The Aboriginal-owned centre is a member of the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance and works under the Indigenous Art Code.
Best for Rainforest-country Aboriginal art and bagu sculpture
Geebung
Whale and Christine design and hand-stitch wallets, bags and small leather goods at their Geebung studio, cutting and sewing each piece themselves. Alongside the leatherwork they carry curated stationery and handmade objects sourced from Japan, South Korea and Australia.
Best for Hand-stitched leather wallets and bags
Dubbo, New South Wales
Saddler & Co, founded in 2010 by Bede and Jemima Aldridge from a backyard workshop, now employs a team of local artisans making premium leather goods and saddlery in Dubbo, in the western plains of NSW. The workshop produces leather totes, travel bags, wallets, journals, clutches and belts, with monogram heat stamping available.
Best for Handcrafted leather goods and saddlery
Australia
The Overseer, based in Armidale NSW, has a 30 year history in high end custom made saddles and saddlery, handcrafted from leather personally selected by Master Saddler Jason Simmons. The workshop also makes saddle cloths, leather gear bags, swag straps and shooting mats for Australian horse sports and station work.
Best for Custom saddles and leather station gear
Aurukun, Cape York, Queensland
This community-owned Aboriginal art centre in the Wik-Mungkan community of Aurukun is best known for its carved and painted wooden sculptures, from camp dogs to birds and totemic animals. Wik and Kugu artists also produce paintings and weavings here.
Best for Wik and Kugu Aboriginal wood carvings, sculptures and paintings
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