Carinia Records

Australian label; also appears as Carinia only.
In 1952, Polish refugees, Michael and Nathalie Kulakowski, started a record label to cater to communities of displaced Europeans nostalgic for the music and memories of their homelands on the other side of the world. The concept of 'home' was central to Carinia Records. The name itself is derived from an aboriginal word relating to home. Its logo shows the mermaid of Warsaw, their old home, over the coastline of their new home, Australia.

Early Stefan Bialoguski, and a radio programme.

The company became the distributors for a wide range of European labels, in the early 1960s g some lucrative deals with labels such as 's Jimi Hendrix - No Such Animal.

Michael Kulakowski personally ran the company for 26 years, from 1952 until his death on 8 July 1978. Nathalie Kulakowski continued, until she retired in 1988. She ed away in May 2017.

The name most often credited with the cover art of their EPs and LPs is A. Bokor.
The relevant company is Carinia Co. Pty. Ltd., which is sometimes referred to as Carinia Records Pty. Ltd on certain releases.