Caroline Chisholm

Died: In her hometown of England in March 1877

Married: To Archibald Chisholm in 1832

Fame: She was the first person to set up, and employ the first set of women workers in a women’s home in Australia.

Rewards: Her picture was printed on a 5-dollar bill for more than 20 years, until being replaced by the queen of England

Caroline Jones was brought up by a caring family in England, whose door was open to anyone who needed help, or a place to stay, no matter how rich or poor they were.

In 1832, (When she was 22) she married a

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Also at this stage with the full support of Archibald, she set up a girl’s school in Sydney. When they arrived in Sydney, Caroline was repulsed with all of the used and abused women who were homeless and begging on the streets.

Caroline Chisholm was the first person to set up a counseling service for the young girls and women, who came to Australia with high hopes for a better life, but their dreams was shattered when they ended up, begging on the streets for money.

Caroline Chisholm was a decent hearted lady who was a great contributor to the standards of women’s rights in Australia.

Australia repaid her kindness by printing her face on the 5-dollar bill, until it was replaced by the queen’s face 20 years later.

After seeing this, Caroline mind was set to making a difference, and after a lot of persuading, Governor Gipps finally allowed her to use the old, disused immigration barracks as a women’s home. By this time she was very poor and hardly remembered. Archibald was always 100% behind Caroline.

The immigration was run down, dirty and in desperate need of repair. Over the time she ran the women’s home, she housed and found decent jobs for 11’000 migrants of who were mainly women. She died in March 1879 of an apparent broken heart and lack of will to live. It was at this stage she set up the first work contracts in Australia.

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