Australian Made – Arkular Celebrates Local Makers and Growers
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Australian Made Makes Australia
Australian Made Week is back for 2024! The initiative is all about home grown, dedicated to showcasing all the incredible brands, products and more that are made in Australia.
“Australian Made Week is a time to celebrate and support Australia’s local makers and growers all around the country. When you buy Australian, you support Australia – you create jobs and economic activity while enjoying products made to some of the highest standards in the world.”
Take a look below at some of the Australian brands and products we love and support at Arkular.
1. Dulux.Â
One of the most iconic names in Australian paint, Dulux has been creating some of Australia’s favourite colours for nearly a century.
With facilities in both Victoria and Queensland, their plant in Merrifield located in Melbourne’s north is the largest paint factory in Australia and New Zealand.
“Over the decades, we’ve become the nation’s favourite paint and have been voted the most trusted paint brand in Australia for the last nine years in a row (Reader’s Digest, 2021).”
2. Laminex.
“Laminex has been a proud Australian manufacturer for over 85 years. During that time, we’ve grown from a tin shed in Melbourne to multiple large-scale manufacturing plants in city and country locations right around Australia.”
Sustaining Australian manufacturing provides lifeblood to local communities, with Laminex being one of the top three employers across the Gympie region after acquiring the Monkland plant, a plant closed down by the previous owners.
3. Coastal Clothesline
Backgrounds in aircraft engineering and innovation coupled with a passion for people & marketing led them to create Coastal Clotheslines.
Made from recycled 316 stainless steel that has been fabricated into brackets with no harmful welding or powder-coating paints releasing nasties into the atmosphere.
Coastal Clotheslines are true environmental performers. Each clothesline is manufactured using passive solar energy and excess solar power is fed back into the grid. There are zero harmful air emissions in the workshop and no plastics in the production you are purchasing stainless steel in its true recycled and recyclable form.
Learn more about Coastal Clothesline and view their products here.
4. Wiltliving – Fine Art Coastal Prints
Jessica Blacklow is a coastal lifestyle fine art photographer, capturing the beauty of the Australian coast and its active surf culture. Her images document the joy of everyday connections with water.
A renewed interest in photography came when she found joy in capturing her beautiful local surrounds. Jessica’s photography has been featured in several Australian lifestyle magazines and numerous online publications.
Voted in the top 20 finalist for Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2022 for her series entry featuring the Newcastle Ocean Baths.
Learn more about Wiltliving and view more fine art prints here.
5. The Dirt Company
The Dirt Company is Australian owned and made, offering waste and cruelty free laundry products that can be refilled and reused.
The Dirt Company was founded on the belief of making sustainable household products something people could fall in love with. In 2016 the cleaning industry was a mess. Single use plastic bottles. Loud and unpleasant designs. Synthetic ingredients. Harsh chemicals.
The Dirt Company wanted to make it better so they introduced a range of sustainable laundry products.
View more products here or learn more about their story.
6. Baden Croft Australian Artist
Baden Croft’s practice is influenced by a life spent exploring the rugged Australian wilderness.
Based on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the early career artist spends countless hours free diving and trudging through bushland in search of a subject or moment that sparks his interest.
Baden has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne and his works are held in private collections around Australia and internationally.
