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
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
We were recently sent some old media articles and information about the business by founder, Charm Ryrie and in the mix was an interesting list of Tambo Teddies highlights from February 1993 to March 1997 that we would like to share: Feb 1993: The first bears were sold to
Tambo Store
17 Arthur St,
Tambo, QLD, 4478
Toowoomba Store
46 Water Street,
Toowoomba, QLD, 4350
1300 185 638
info@tamboteddies.com.au
1 0 0 % AUSTRALIAN MADE
FROM AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND SHEEPSKIN
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