The Advertiser open to pages 14 and 15, featuring Silver Fleece in the Back Australia campaign

From late collapse to second innings: Silver Fleece in The Advertiser

We're proud to feature in The Advertiser (pages 14 and 15) as part of the Back Australia campaign.

Watch the video on The Advertiser's Instagram

Video: The Advertiser

A second innings

Since 2024, Silver Fleece has grown from 18 to 30 staff and is now one of only four fabric knitting mills left in Australia. We make everything in house at our mill in Bowden, South Australia, from the Australian cricket team jumper (made here since 1978) to school knitwear, shearers' singlets, compression garments and innovative Australian Merino textiles.

Page 14 of The Advertiser, with the headline From late collapse to second innings and a photograph of Silver Fleece cricket knitwear at the mill

The Advertiser, 9 November 2026, page 14. Select the image to view it full size.

New technology, traditional skill

Our WHOLEGARMENT machines produce a garment in about 40 minutes instead of two and a half hours. Alongside them, our team has revived linking, a hand finishing skill largely lost in Australia for 20 years.

Managing Director Dean Flintoft also writes in the same edition on how technology and the right incentives can help revive Australian manufacturing.

Page 15 of The Advertiser continuing the Silver Fleece feature, with photographs of cricket knitwear and garment finishing at the mill

The Advertiser, 9 November 2026, page 15. Select the image to view it full size.

Read the full story in The Advertiser (subscriber story)

Thank you

Thank you to The Advertiser, Rebecca Whitfield Baker and Brett Hartwig, and to our shareholders, clients and team.

Looking for Australian-made knitwear, uniforms or knitted textiles? Get in touch at hello@silverfleece.au or call (08) 8118 6099.

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