Kōrero: Whanganui region

Douglas Lilburn's childhood home

As a child, composer Douglas Lilburn lived at Drysdale, a sheep station in the upper Turakina valley – a place which he later described as a paradise, and which was to inspire his Drysdale Overture.

Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. © Lilburn Trust. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero (Drysdale Overture/Reference number CDR136)

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand Collection
Reference: PAColl-2049

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.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Diana Beaglehole, 'Whanganui region - Cultural life', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/music/19095/douglas-lilburns-childhood-home (accessed 29 May 2023)

He kōrero nā Diana Beaglehole, updated 1 Jun 2015