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Tambo is sheep country!

Tambo is sheep country! The district was discovered by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846 and first settled in the early 1860s, the town itself was gazetted in 1863. By 1864 there were 64,000 sheep grazing across the vast Mitchell grass downs country. By 1893, the sheep population was over 570,000 and the people population

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DNA Tambo

We were excited to be a part of the Australian Wool Networks’ launch of their DNA Tambo program at the Tambo Stock Show last Saturday (April 27th). Featuring wool grown locally at Lansdowne Station, AWN presented their DNA program whereby consumers can trace the origins of their garments and learn the back story of

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Our Regional Sewing Hub

We have started a Regional Sewing Hub in Toowoomba! Located on the corner of Mort and Bridge Streets, our hub has 4 machines that started humming away on February 11th. At the Hub we have three full time workers and two part-time, ensuring the machines will be creating Tambo Teddies all week long. Four

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Tambo Teddies celebrating twenty-five years

2018 in Review

Oh, what a year! We knew 2018 would be a big one – being the twenty-fifth anniversary of Tambo Teddies, but it ended up bigger than we imagined. We started the year creating a limited-edition Jubilee bear, singing a little Tambo Teddies tribute. February, we said goodbye to Kiralee who decided her life was

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Tambo Teddy Bears have Woolmark certification

Woolmark – It’s Official.

Great excitement in the Teddy camp this week – we have officially received the Woolmark certification for our teddy bears! We didn’t think 2018 could get any better………but it did……. when we were contacted the AWI’s (Australian Wool Innovation) Manager of Australia and New Zealand, Stephen Feighan, asking us about our products we started

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