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Mary Sutherland, one of the original owners, made thousands of Tambo Teddies

Mary Sutherland; twenty-one years dedicated to Teddy Bears

Mary Sutherland was one of the three ladies who founded the Tambo Teddies business and brand.  Her partners, Helen Sargood and Charm Ryrie left the business after several years, and Mary’s passion drove its success for twenty-one years until she decided it was time to retire . Mary passed the baton on by selling

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Twenty-Five Reasons to Love Tambo Teddy Bears

Recently Outback Queensland Tourism Association wrote a lovely blog on us, ’25 Reasons to love Tambo Teddies’ to celebrate our twenty-fifth anniversary. This blog got us thinking and we decided we need to challenge ourselves to gather together 25 reasons to more love our bears. The first five are from the heart 1. Tambo

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We love a Birthday!

Happy Birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday Tambo Teddies………… March 19th marks the four year anniversary since we purchased Tambo Teddies. Giving us a bit more to celebrate – our four years of the twenty-five years of the business.  As we have mentioned Kiralee has left the teddy family to concentrate

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Vale Helen Sargood

It was with great sadness last week that we learnt Helen Sargood, one of Tambo Teddies business co-founders, had passed away. Helen together with Charm Ryrie and Mary Sutherland worked hard to establish the business from a quirky little idea, that many said couldn’t happen, to a thriving regional cottage industry business. No doubt

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Twenty-Five Years of Teddy Bears

In the tiny town of Tambo located in the middle of the Outback local women have been crafting sheepskin teddy bears for the past twenty-five years. Following a Government workshop to uncover new industries in regional communities, three women got together and decided to form a teddy bear company. After nearly a year of

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