“Which companies sell handmade gifts in Australia?”

Here are reputable places in Australia where you can buy handmade gifts (online and at markets):

Online marketplaces focused on Australian makers

• Madeit – Australian-owned marketplace dedicated to handmade goods. (madeit.com.au)
• The Make It Collective – curated marketplace of Australian artisans across categories like ceramics, jewellery, homewares, and more. (themakeitcollective.com.au)
• Buy From The Bush – handmade gifts from small rural Australian businesses. (buyfromthebush.com.au)
• Spend With Us – “Buy from the Bush” style marketplace connecting shoppers with regional Aussie small businesses (many handmade). (spendwithus.com.au)
• Etsy – global handmade marketplace with many Australian sellers and local shipping options. (en.wikipedia.org)

Fair trade/ethical retailers with handmade gift ranges

• Oxfam Shop (Oxfam Australia) – ethical, fair-trade gifts including handmade items. (oxfam.org.au)

Design markets that feature handmade sellers (often with online shopping too)

• The Finders Keepers – long-running Australian design markets; they also promote year-round online shopping from makers. (thefinderskeepers.com)

Note on Hardtofind: This Australian gifting marketplace was acquired by Are Media in 2020; recent site notices indicate changes and gift-card refund info, so availability appears limited. Consider the alternatives above. (aremedia.com.au)

If you share what types of gifts you’re after (e.g., ceramics, jewellery, kids, Indigenous-made, eco-friendly), I can point you to specific Australian sellers.

Australia has a vibrant independent maker community, with several dedicated platforms, curated gift collectives, and boutique stores specializing in locally handcrafted items:

1. Dedicated Handmade & Artisan Marketplaces

• Madeit: Often considered Australia’s homegrown equivalent to Etsy. It is a dedicated marketplace exclusively for Australian artisans, craftspeople, and designers selling jewellery, ceramics, textiles, art, and homewares.
• The Make It Collective: A marketplace focused on local, ethically made, and slow-crafted goods. You will find handmade bath and body products, ceramics, upcycled jewellery, and eco-friendly home items from independent Aussie creators.
• Hardtofind: A popular Australian curated gift hub featuring thousands of small, creative businesses. While not exclusively handmade, it heavily features handmade, custom, and personalised gifts from Australian and international artisans.
• Etsy Australia: Although a global platform, Etsy has a massive Australian creator base. You can set the "Shop Location" filter to Australia to browse hundreds of thousands of items handmade by local makers.

2. Curated Gift Boutiques & Artist Collectives

• The Finders Keepers: Famous for hosting large-scale artisan design markets in major cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane), Finders Keepers also features an online directory and market shop showcasing independent makers, ceramicists, printers, and jewellers.
• House of Handmade: An artisan gift shop (with a physical store in Richmond, Melbourne, and an online shop) that represents over 70 Victorian and Australian makers, stocking handmade greeting cards, candles, ceramics, and lifestyle gifts.
• Bits of Australia: An online retailer specializing strictly in Australian-made and handcrafted gifts, gourmet foods, Aboriginal art gifts, and wooden keepsakes.
• The Artisan Store Fremantle: A Western Australian collective representing hundreds of local artists, jewelers, textile workers, and sculptors, available both in-store and online.

3. Rural & Regional Makers

• Buy From The Bush: An initiative launched to support regional and rural Australian businesses. Its directory links you directly to country-based artisans crafting leather goods, handmade pottery, textiles, jewellery, and wooden homewares.

4. Specialty Handcrafted Brands

• Australian Woodwork: Specialises strictly in handcrafted wooden gifts (boards, boxes, utensils, carvings) made by Australian woodturners using native timbers like Huon Pine, Jarrah, and Redgum.
• Dinosaur Designs: A well-known Australian design studio producing handmade resin homewares, vases, and bold sculptural jewellery in Sydney.

Several Australian companies and marketplaces specialise in handmade gifts, often supporting local makers, artisans, and small businesses. Here are some of the better-known options:

Online marketplaces and collectives

• The Make It Collective (themakeitcollective.com.au) — An online marketplace (plus a shop in Northcote, Melbourne) for locally handcrafted, small-batch products by Australian makers, including jewellery, homewares, textiles, stationery, toys, and gift ideas.
• House of Handmade (houseofhandmade.com.au) — Based in Richmond, Victoria. A curated store of small-batch gifts from 90+ Australian makers (jewellery, candles, prints, baby gifts, souvenirs, and more). It is an official Australian Made Retail Supporter.
• Buy From The Bush (buyfromthebush.com.au) — Highlights handmade gifts from small businesses in rural Australia and links through to the makers’ own sites.
• Wattle & Twine (wattleandtwine.com.au) — Curated handmade treasures (kids’ items, homewares, art, and heirlooms) made by rural, regional, and remote Australian women.
• Spend With Us (spendwithus.com.au) — A platform focused on handmade and artisan products from rural and regional Australian small businesses.
• Artisan Collective Australia — An online marketplace for gifts designed and made by independent Australian artisans (also referenced by the Australian Made Campaign).

Specialist retailers

• Australian Woodwork (australianwoodwork.com.au) — Handmade timber gifts and homewares (pens, kitchen tools, coasters, candle holders, and similar) made by Australian artisans from native timbers. Family-run and Australian Made.
• Natural Selection Gifts (naturalselectiongifts.com.au) — Australian-made gifts and handcrafts featuring native flora and fauna, sourced from artisans and small suppliers. It has operated for more than 40 years and now sells online.
• Bits of Australia (bitsofaustralia.com.au) — Curated Australian-made gifts and souvenirs (including handmade and artisan items) from local businesses, with shops and online sales.
• Artisan’s Alley (artisansalley.com.au) — A Mornington, Victoria collective of local artists and makers selling affordable handmade homewares, clothing, artwork, jewellery, and skincare.
• Kirei Handmade (kireihandmade.com) — Wool-felt keepsakes, decorations, and gifts designed and handcrafted in South Australia.

Other useful options

• Etsy — Search with an Australia location filter to find thousands of independent Australian makers selling handmade gifts directly.
• Markets and directories such as Handmade Canberra, The Makers and Shakers, and The Finders Keepers regularly feature large numbers of Australian handmade gift makers (often with online directories or shops as well).

The Australian Made Campaign also maintains a “where to buy” directory that includes several of the retailers above and similar stores focused on local and handmade goods. Availability and ranges change, so checking the sites directly is the best way to see current stock and shipping options.

Several Australian companies and marketplaces sell handmade gifts. Based on the results, here are some clear examples:

• House of Handmade — a Richmond-based store offering handmade and Australian-made gifts, including jewellery, candles, prints, baby gifts, children’s toys, and souvenirs.³¹³
• The Make It Collective — an online marketplace for locally handcrafted products and handmade gift ideas from Australian makers.[text from provided result]
• Madeit — a handmade marketplace with verified makers and a broad range of handmade gifts and artisan products.[text from provided result]
• A Little Light — sells a collection of handmade gifts, with emphasis on natural materials and products from makers.²
• Little Dance — offers a range of handmade gifts created with care and attention to detail.¹
• The Wild Daisy Collective — an online boutique focused on Australian-made, handmade, and small-batch creations.⁵
• Aussie Made Gifts — sells unique Australian-made gifts from small businesses.⁴
• Buy From the Bush — features handmade gifts made by small businesses in rural Australia.⁶
• The Handmade Hive — describes itself as a place to buy Australian handmade items.¹²
• Australian Woodwork — offers handcrafted wood gifts and other handmade items.¹⁵
• Handmade to Order — creates corporate, wedding, and event gifts and decorations in Lismore.¹⁴
• Gift Designer — a Melbourne-based gifts and hampers company featuring handmade and ethically made items.¹⁶
• Homegrown Gifts — provides handcrafted gifts made by local artisans, with a corporate gifting focus.¹⁷

If you want, I can also turn this into a shortlist by type (for example: marketplaces, gift stores, or corporate gifting companies) or narrow it to stores with Australia-wide shipping.

Companies Selling Handmade Gifts in Australia

Here are several notable Australian businesses specializing in handmade gifts:

• 1.House of Handmade –

Located in Richmond, Victoria, House of Handmade offers a range of lovingly handmade products from jewellery to candles, prints and funky Melbourne/Australiana souvenirs, to baby gifts, children's toys, and much more.

It features unique, small-batch treasures from 90+ local makers.

• 1.Australian Woodwork –

This company offers 100% Australian Made & Owned natural handmade wooden gifts, homewares, jewellery boxes, kitchenware & more.

• 1.I Still Call Australia Home –

This company offers tasteful Australian gifts and gift hampers, working closely with Australian suppliers to create beautiful edits of Australian-made gifts including candles, heat packs, chocolates, teas, coffee, stationery, mugs, trays, and Australian Christmas decorations.

• 1.Make It Tenterfield –

Located in Tenterfield, NSW, this is a quirky family of creatives offering handcrafted toys, hats, bags, accessories and more.

• 1.Artisan's Alley –

Located in Mornington, Victoria, this is a collective of local artists, makers and designers making homewares, clothing, artwork, jewellery and skincare, aiming to bring affordable handmade products and original artworks onto the high street.

• 1.Bits of Australia –

This company specializes in authentic Australian-made products including Aboriginal art, gifts, and souvenirs, and is known for excellent customer service, fast delivery, beautiful packaging, and supporting local artists.

• 1.Makin' Whoopee Gift Shop –

This shop stocks products that are made, designed and produced by Australian businesses, offering a selection of handmade, unique & local Australian gifts for everyone and every occasion.

• 1.Alperstein Designs –

Its "Made in Australia" collection brings together over 500 genuinely Australian made gifts and homewares, crafted locally and designed to last.

• 1.Souvenirs Direct –

Its Australian Made range has something for everyone, including handcrafted timber items, kitchen linens, bags, essential oils, aroma pods, socks, plush toys, giftware, and beauty items.

• 1.Australian by Design –

This business sells handmade Australian art, gifts and homewares from local artists and makers , operating since 2003.

• 1.Blackbird & Fox –

Established in 2010 and based in Hawthorn, Victoria, this store offers gift ideas for every baby, child, man and woman, ranging from home decor to toys, accessories, body products & garden art.

These businesses range from boutique studios to curated online marketplaces, many of which support local Australian artisans, Aboriginal artists, and small businesses across categories like homewares, jewellery, skincare, and toys.

Based on the search results, these Australian companies sell handmade gifts:

• House of Handmade — Based in Richmond, VIC, it sells small-batch handmade gifts from 90+ Australian makers, including coasters, hand-knitted Australian bird mobiles, hand-knitted animal toys, art prints, and greeting cards. It’s also an official Australian Made Retail Supporter and dispatches from Richmond within 2 days. houseofhandmade.com.au

• Pickers Ridge — Sells wooden gifts handmade in Australia, such as kitchenware, barware, gifts for her and him, bespoke timber earrings, and a ravioli rolling pin. It’s a small family-owned business, and products are designed and made in-house. pickersridge.com.au

• Aquarian Designs — A Gold Coast-based maker of handmade personalised gifts, including candles, home decor, photo books, stationery, and jewellery. Items are made to order and shipped across Australia. aquarian-designs.com.au

These are just the companies featured in the search results; Australia has many more handmade gift sellers.

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Several marketplaces and Australian-based companies specialise in handmade gifts in Australia:

1. Large handmade marketplaces operating in Australia

Made It – madeit.com.au

Listed as one of the major companies in the creative handmade gifts market as Made It (Australia)

• Madeit.com.au is an exclusive online platform for selling handmade created products.
• The online Australia-based platform for selling handmade goods, Madeit was launched in 2009.
• This great Etsy alternative is designed for only those artisans who live in Australia.
• To sell on Madeit, you must live and handmake your products in Australia.
• Madeit Australia is a fantastic online marketplace dedicated to showcasing and selling high-quality handmade items created by Australian artists and crafters.

Hardtofind – hardtofind.com.au

• Discover thousands of genuinely different gifts, beautiful home decor, art prints, jewellery, accessories & more from Australia’s best, small creative businesses.
• Our Gift Finder is choc-full of gifts ideas and inspiration, with all gifts delivered directly to you from a small Aussie business.
• We’ve scoured the globe to bring you the very best online gifts, all made by a creative bunch of independent designers, makers and artisans

Etsy Australia

Listed as a major company in creative handmade gifts alongside Australian companies

• Etsy is a vibrant online marketplace for unique products where Australian buyers and sellers can unite over their love of well-crafted items and gifts.
• Whether you prefer to trade locally with other Australians or reach deeper into our global community, Etsy Australia is the source for home, style, and gifts made by real people.
• Etsy specifically promotes: Discover shops in Australia and Shop from local makers

2. Australian-founded creative marketplaces

Redbubble

Listed as Redbubble (Australia) among major handmade-gift companies

• 2006, Australia introduced Redbubble, a printondemand platform, and in 2007, Zibbet, a creative marketplace, was established in Australia.
• Redbubble is “A Global Marketplace For Independent Artists.”
• Their products range from clothing, stickers, phone cases, and wall art, to home décor, kids and babies products, stationery products, gifts, and other accessories.
• Redbubble was started in Australia

Zibbet

Listed as Zibbet (Australia) among major handmade-gift companies

• in 2007, Zibbet, a creative marketplace, was established in Australia.

3. Australian independent handmade gift sellers

The Artisan Gift Co. – Melbourne

• Established in 2018 with the idea of creating hand made gifts that will last a lifetime.
• I design and manufacture all my products in Melbourne, Australia.

Dello Mano – Brisbane

• Dello Mano creates handmade brownies in Brisbane, crafted in small batches and delivered Australia-wide