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Biography: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon

Douglas Lilburn, 1917

Douglas Lilburn, 1917

A painted photograph of Douglas Lilburn as a child is framed in a small locket and case. Lilburn was the baby of the family, the youngest of seven children of Rosamond and Robert Lilburn.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Douglas Lilburn Collection

Reference: PAColl-6884-3-44

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Philip Norman. 'Lilburn, Douglas Gordon', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26308/douglas-lilburn-1917 (accessed 25 June 2026).