Vintage & Antiques of Australia

Byron Bay

Boards In The Bay, at 12/12 Lawson Street, Byron Bay, describes itself as Byron Bay's longest running independent surfboard store, established in 2008. It sells new and used surfboards from shapers including DHD, Cape Collective and Ben Webb, plus fins, wetsuits, boardshorts and a board hire service.

Best for New and secondhand surfboards

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Paddington

Australian denim label founded in 2009 by friends from Melbourne and Stockholm; its Sydney retail outpost, the Neuw Service Store, is on Oxford Street in Darlinghurst, on the edge of Paddington.

Best for Modern denim with vintage washes.

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Melbourne-founded Australian denim label created by Sarah Gilsenan and Andy Paltos, who set out to revive the aesthetic of the defunct label Faberge using the same denim laundry, naming the new brand Rolla's after a naming conflict with the jeweler Faberge.

Best for Vintage-inspired Australian denim.

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Noosa

On Hastings Street in Noosa Heads, Isabella's has sold antique and handmade fine jewellery since 1993, sourcing rare and vintage pieces from dealers worldwide. Necklaces, rings and brooches can be browsed in the Fairshore Building boutique or bought through the online store.

Best for Antique jewellery, fine jewellery, handmade jewellery

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Australia

Deus Ex Machina is Sydney’s custom-moto temple — café racers, surfboards and the god-from-the-machine lifestyle. The range centers on moto-surf polos, vintage, with production associated with Australia / Portugal.

Best for Moto-surf polos, vintage

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Sydney CBD (salon, by appointment only — no public address listed)

Galerie S is an appointment-only Sydney fashion archive dealing in a curated, one-of-a-kind collection of rare vintage pieces from major twentieth-century designers. Garments are treated as historical artifacts as much as wearable fashion, with a lookbook available to prospective clients on request.

Best for One-of-a-kind vintage pieces from major twentieth-century designers

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CBD, Sydney

Red Eye Records, at 143 York Street, Sydney, sells new and secondhand vinyl, CDs, cassettes and 7-inch singles across genres from rock and jazz to hip-hop, electronic and soundtracks. It also stocks DVDs, Blu-rays, books and magazines, with a dedicated Australian and New Zealand releases section.

Best for New and secondhand vinyl sydney cbd

Newtown

Buy/sell/trade second-hand clothing exchange in Newtown, Sydney; part of a small Australian chain that started in Brisbane before expanding to Sydney (Newtown, Alexandria) and Melbourne.

Best for Buy sell trade vintage clothing.

Byron Bay, NSW, Australia

Circa Byron Bay deals in vintage and antique homewares, furniture and decorative objects gathered from Europe and beyond. The store curates one-off pieces sold from its Byron Bay showroom and online.

Best for Vintage and antique homewares

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Glebe

Saturday markets — vintage clothing, handmade goods, and international street food.

Best for Vintage and handmade Saturday markets.

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Byron Bay, NSW, Australia

Haveli of Byron Bay specialises in vintage and reclaimed Indian furniture and homewares, including carved doors, cabinets and textiles. Pieces are sourced and restored, then sold from the Byron Bay showroom.

Best for Vintage Indian furniture and homewares

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Brisbane City

Established in 1985 and run across three generations, this independent jewellery house deals in rare antique and modern jewels, from 19th-century old-cut diamonds to Australian pink diamonds and south sea pearls. Its LD Atelier handles bespoke design, remodelling and restoration, with viewing appointments at boutiques in Brisbane City and Toowoomba.

Best for Antique and heirloom jewellery

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Adelaide Arcade, CBD

Orchard Bookshop is a boutique bookstore in Adelaide Arcade selling hand-picked new, vintage and collectible books, both in store and online with a weekly Sunday Drop of new stock. The shop also buys books from customers and offers free postage within Australia on orders over $50.

Best for Hand-picked new and collectible books

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CBD, Adelaide

Page & Turner is an Adelaide bookshop selling popular current titles and pre-loved books, audiobooks, music CDs and other media, including collectible Folio Society and Penguin editions. The shop operates both a physical Adelaide store and an online shop with free shipping on orders over $50.

Best for New and secondhand books and media

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Smith Street Mall

Trading since 1995 at 32 Smith Street, this fair-trade gallery buys directly from local Indigenous artists, keeps prices steady year-round and supplies certificates of authenticity. The building also houses a street-level secondhand bookstore, and regularly shows the Numina Sisters.

Best for Fair-trade Aboriginal art with provenance

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Byron Bay, NSW, Australia

Tigmi Trading curates handwoven rugs and decorative objects sourced from traditional weavers alongside its own in-house designed rug, furniture and lighting collections. The Byron Bay studio pairs vintage European finds with contemporary makers and plants trees through a partnership with ReForest Now.

Best for Handwoven rugs and design-led homewares

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