Samuel Marsden served for decades as chaplain at Parramatta in New South Wales, farming, sitting as magistrate and quarrelling with governors, and in 1814 preached the first Christian sermon in New Zealand. J. B. Marsden assembled this life from his letters and journals, including his voyages to the Maori and his support of the Tahiti mission.
A key source for early colonial Australia and New Zealand, written from within the missionary world. Download the free EPUB.