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- 1 2 "LILBURN: A Song Of Islands". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ↑ "Landfall in unknown seas". Te Ara – The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "A Song of Islands". SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music Trust. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ↑ "A Song of Islands". Amazon. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ↑ "LILBURN: Orchestral Works - 8.557697". Naxos Records. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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