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Douglas Lilburn's childhood home

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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.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – Cultural life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/music/19095/douglas-lilburns-childhood-home (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 June 2015.