There are approximately 135 sermons written by Marsden in various collections around the world. The largest collection is in the Moore Theological College Library in Sydney, Australia. These sermons reveal Marsden's attitudes to some of the controversial issues he faced, including magistrates, the Aboriginal people and wealth. A transcription of the Moore College collection can be found online.

Family

Marsden and his wife, Elizabeth Fristan, had several surviving daughters and a son. Two other sons died in infancy, one from an incident involving a wheelbarrow, and the other was scalded to death in a kitchen accident. His wife also suffered a hemiplegic stroke during childbirth in 1811 and was partially paralysed for the rest of her life.

The Australian poet Kenneth Slessor wrote a satirical poem criticising the parson, "Vesper-Song of the Reverend Samuel Marsden".

New Zealand reggae band 1814 took their name from the year that Marsden held the first sermon in the Bay of Islands.

Bryan Bruce's 2001 documentary, Workhorse to Dreamhorse includes a story about Marsden's stallion.

A portrait of Marsden based on Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore appears in Patrick O'Brian's book The Nutmeg of Consolation.

In the 1978 Australian television series Against the Wind, Marsden was portrayed by David Ravenswood.

In the 1980 television adaptation of Eleanor Dark's 1941 novel The Timeless Land, Marsden is portrayed by John Cousins.

See also

  • Colony of New South Wales
  • Thomas Kendall
  • Thomas Hassall (clergyman)

References

Bibliography

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  • Marsden Online Archive, University of Otago
  • A Short Account of the Character and Labours of The Rev Samuel Marsden – National Museum of Australia
  • Samuel Marsden's Preaching Bands – National Museum of Australia
  • Colonial Secretary's papers 1822–1877, State Library of Queensland- includes digitised letters written by Marsden to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales