Where are they?
1. Alexander Turnbull Library (National Library of NZ) – 2nd September 2008
2. Haydn Rawstron #1, 2008
3. Eric Godley #4, 2008
4. The Revd. Bryden Black #77, 2008
5. Barbara, Lady Stewart # 3, Sept. 2008
6. Christ’s College, Hare Library #56, Nov 2008
7. Christchurch Public Library. Book set no. 59 was gifted to the Library on 16th December 2009, marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Library in 1859.
8 Mrs Mary Weston (née Kippenberger) #18, 2009. A great philanthropist who generously supported the work of The Canterbury Association Music Trust in Britain, making OXFORDS tours to Christchurch, New Zealand, thus possible. 2009
9. Christopher Godley, 4th Baron Kilbracken – March 2009
10. Mrs Pamela Rice, who gifted the original manuscript of the children’s book ‘Seadrift’ to The John Robert Godley Memorial Trust, 2009
11. University of Canterbury’s McMillan Brown Collection #73, Nov 2010
12. Christ Church, Oxford Library #46, 20th March 2009
13. The Royal Library at Windsor Castle #26, 15th September 2009
14. Christchurch Boys High School Library, #81, 2010
15. Brent and Shirley Rawstron #76, November 2010
16. Rangi Ruru Girl’s School Library #61, November 2011
17. Christchurch Girls’ High School Library #86, 5th February 2013
18. St Margarets College Library #58, 18th November 2013
19. Church of St Michaels and All Angels #52, 16th February 2014
20. Jenifer Roberts (descendent of J.E.FitzGerald) #62 , September 2014
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Th21. The Akaroa Museum and the Akaroa Library #40, 29th January 2016
22. Balliol College Library, Oxford #66, 27th September 2018
23. The House of Lords’ Library, London #71, 10th October 2018
24. Rugby School, Kilbracken House Library #5 13th October 2018
25. NZ House London, for the Office of the New Zealand High Commissioner #57, 24th October 2019
26. Lyttelton Historical Museum Society, for Lyttelton Community #50, 16th February 2020
27. Jenny May #70, 28th February 2020
28. Mr Dick Brown #23, 5th March 2020
29. St Andrew’s College Library #17, 27th August 2020
30. #25 belongs to Mr Jerry Blakely, handed over on 3rd August 2020
31. Anonymous, #7 January 2021
32. Benjamin Frampton #67, 21st February 2021
33. Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Project. #45, #46, #48, #60, #75, 31st May 2023 (#75 has been given for The Hon. Philip Burdon)
34. #80 (gifted 23rd September 2021) to Professor Te Maire Tau, Head of the Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
35. #47 was gifted to Cathedral Grammar School, for its library on 30th May 2023 The #47 commemorates the year in which Arthur Godley (1st Lord Kilbracken) was born, 1847. The story and illustrations of ’Seadrift’ (vol. 2 of Godley Gifts) were written and drawn for ‘little Arthur’ by James Edward FitzGerald during the years 1851 and 1858.
36. #18 was gifted the Medbury School, Christchurch, for its Library, on 20th November 2023, to mark the School’s centennial (1923-2023). #18 has a special association with FitzGerald, himself: Godley Gift’s painter and principal author was born in Bath, England in 1818.
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A further 15 book sets are reserved for the Christ Church Reinstatement Project, to be gifted to the CC Reins between 2024 and 2026. These are book set numbers: 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 72, 74, 78,79, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89.