Caroline Chisholm was involved in helping women immigrants and ex-convicts in Australia.
Caroline Chisholm, who moved to Australia as a young married woman, was shocked by the conditions experienced by women and new immigrants to Sydney who had supposedly come to Australia for a better life. Many of them had nowhere to live, so lived on the streets of the town. Initially, Caroline Chisholm took some of these women into her own home.
Begging the Governor for a building that could house new female immigrants, Chisholm was able to procure Immigration Barracks. She established it as a home for women who had come from overseas and had no jobs or relatives to care for them. While they were housed there, she also worked tirelessly to find employment for these women. Because of her efforts, she was able to close the Female Immigrants Home in 1842 because it was no longer needed.
Chisholm's next step was to return to England in order to improve the conditions of the migrants on the ships which brought them to Australia. She was unable to secure government support for migrating families, but she did manage to gain free passage to Australia for the wives and children of former convicts. Her nickname was "the emigrants' friend". Whilst in London, she established the Family Colonisation Loan Society. This society provided money needed by migrant families to travel to Australia, including chartering its own ships to transport the people. The society also organised for people in Australia to find employment for these new arrivals, whilst collecting the loan repayments once the migrants were established.
Caroline Chisholm's husband was called Archibald Chisholm.
There is no evidence to suggest that Caroline Chisholm was blind.
Caroline chisholm's parents names were Caroline and William Jones
Caroline Chisholm School was created in 2004.
Caroline Jones Chisholm occupation was a community worker
Caroline Chisholm College was created in 1974.
THE FAMILY COLONIZATION SOCIETY was founded by Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm's childrens' names were, Archibald, William, Henry, Sydney, Caroline and Monica.
Caroline Chisholm is buried in Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton, England.
Caroline Chisholm did not attend a school. She was educated at home by a governess.
Caroline Chisholm College's motto is 'Faith, Courage, Tolerance'.
Archibald Chisholm