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Czech-bornPajda Perina reflects on his days in the Jarrah forest studying diploma of Arts in Fine Furniture Design from the School of Wood Dwellingup, Western Australia, as he is establishing his own business in Queensland Noosa Hinterlands -Cooroy.

The Jarrah forests of South Western Australia are a far cry from rural Eastern Europe, but this is where Pajda Perina, a native of the Czech Republic has landed, and well and truly on his feet.

Assignment on an Australian designers written by Mark Starling 2002

Pajda Perina was born in the Czech republic. He migrated to Australia in 1998 and after 16 months in Queensland, took up a furniture design course at the School of Wood, Dwellingup on the other side of the continent ­ Western Australia

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