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Caroline Chisolm - The Immigrants Friend
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:17:04
Publish Date: 2022-10-24 18:00:00
Description:

Caroline Chisholm was a philanthropist, social reformer and humanitarian, who 
devoted herself to helping unemployed migrants, particularly vulnerable young 
women. 
She set up a safehouse and employment agency for single women, and 
personally escorted them to their new homes in the country.
She campaigned to bring out the families of former convicts for free, so they 
could be reunited with their loved ones in Australia.
In 1847, she became the first woman to address the House of Lords in 
Westminster. She was also the first woman, other than the Queen, to feature on 
an Australian bank note. 
But the time she returned to England in 1846, she had helped 11,000 new 
Australians find homes and work. 


Further information:
Caroline Chisholm – An Irresistible Force, by Sarah Goldman, HarperCollins, 2017
Caroline Chisholm – The Emigrant’s Friends, by Joanna Bogle
Caroline Chisholm – The Emigrant’s Friend by Tania McCartney (Junior Historical 
Fiction)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
One Saint For Australia - Newspaper Article

You can find Dr Paul Roe online at theoutbackhistorian.com.au and Katrina Roe 
at katrinaroe.com

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