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Perfect Ten: A Decade of Teddy Bear Magic with Tambo Teddies!

Perfect Ten: A Decade of Teddy Bear Magic with Tambo Teddies! In 2023, we celebrated thirty years of Tambo Teddies. Now, in 2024, we mark another significant milestone: ten years since we, Alison and Tammy, assumed ownership of this beloved local icon. So much has been packed into this last decade! Together with friend

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Tambo Teddies Hero – Josie Smith

Josie Smith is the longest serving employee at Tambo Teddies, she even outlasted the original owners.  Moving to Tambo in 1988 when the family purchased their property, Shady Downs, 61 km east of Tambo on the road to Alpha, Josie started with the business in 1993 sewing bears at home. When Josie began, the

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Tambo Teddies wool campaign, campaigned for the use of the Woolmark

Campaigning for Wool

Since the beginning, Tambo Teddies have been created from the best Australian woollen sheepskins, they were even stuffed with wool in the early days. But despite being an Australian made, quality sheepskin product Tambo Teddies was denied the right to use the Australian Woolmark. The body responsible for the promotion of wool in the

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