Ugg Boots Blog

    The Australian ugg boot  traces its origins back to at least early last century when World War I pilots were pictured wearing their fleece-lined “Fug Boots” (Presumably flying ugg boots!).  Blue Mountain Uggs go back to 1933 with shearers finding them cosy and warm and in the late 1950’s, Mortel’s Sheepskin Factory began producing a line of “apache ugh boots”.  Then in the late 1960’s Australian surfers decided it was real cosy to jump out of the surf and into a pair of sheepskin boots to help get warm. 

     Their original ugg boot style was very basic – essentially two pieces of sheepskin in the shape of a boot joined together down the centre-front and back with a soft sole attached to the bottom.  Yes – they didn’t even have hard soles.  In fact, they were really only a glorified sock.   

    The late ’60’s saw uggs on Bells Beach in Victoria and perhaps the biggest manufacturer at the time was in South Australia. Further manufacturing was occurring in Western Australia from Albany right up to Perth.