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  Sedgley Park School - The Roman Catholic School 1763 - 1873   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In the letter written on Good Friday, Caroline indicates that she was having difficulty with the charges of Sedgley.
I believe that probably Archibald Chisholm, born India, May 1836, William Chisholm, born Madras 6.9.1837 and, possibly, Henry John, born Sydney, 30.7.1839 could havebeen at the school and Caroline Chisholm withdrew them because of the financial difficulties.
Caroline, however, had to bring him home from Rome in 1854 as Wm could not continue at the College because of his ill health.
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  Female Firebrands and Reformers - Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm arrived in Sydney Australia (1838) from India with her husband Archibald.
Caroline decided to go to the aid of immigrants when she observed single girls being dumped on the wharves with nowhere to go She found a group of 64 girls sheltering in the Rocks area with only 14s 3d amongst them.
Caroline's plans for the new families alarmed the established farmers and squatters in Australia who felt threatened by the successes in farming achieved by the new arrivals.
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 BBC - h2g2 - Caroline Chisholm - The Emigrants' Friend
Caroline Chisholm is well-known throughout Australia for her actions during the colonisation of the former British territory.
Caroline Jones was born in Northampton in 1808, the daughter of a wealthy farmer.
Caroline was unimpressed with the sudden increase in emigration when the news of gold mines reached England; she was concerned that this would disrupt the already delicate Australian society.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A6011209   (2235 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Caroline Jones was born in 1808, the daughter of a wealthy English farmer.
Caroline realised there was a shocking difference between the life of the poor and the life she had suddenly been thrust into.
Caroline’s plan for the girls she started to teach was to secure them paid employment with better marriage opportunities and happier lives.
www.grandpapencil.com /austral/chisholm.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm is one of those remarkable women that most Australians admire but are probably secretly pleased is no longer with us.
Caroline Jones was born in England in 1808 and in 1832 married Captain Archibald Chisholm of the East India Company converting to Catholicism in the process.
Caroline was a strong advocate of the civilising effect of a family, and arranged free passage for emigrants' wives and children.
www.whitehat.com.au /Australia/People/Chisholm.asp   (1413 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was born in England in 1808.
Chisholm is tall, stately in her bearing, ladylike in her manners.
Caroline Chisholm tried to juggle her home duties with her work to help female migrants.
www.abc.net.au /schoolstv/australians/chisholm.htm   (631 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was the first person in Australia to set up a counsiling service for young girls and women who came to Sydney.
Caroline Chisholm Library - The Caroline Chisholm Library is a theological lending and reference library with its main branch situated in the central business district of Melbourne.
Chisholm - Caroline Chisholm was born in England in 1808.
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 About The Electorate of Chisholm, Melbourne Victoria Australia
Caroline Chisholm was famous for her work with new immigrants to New South Wales during the 1840s and 1850s, and later in the goldfields region of Victoria.
Chisholm is a metropolitan seat situated in both the eastern and southeastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Chisholm is 60 square kilometres (approx) and 17 kilometres (approx) from the Melbourne CBD.
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 The Caroline Chisholm room
Caroline Chisholm established a home in Sydney for destitute immigrant girls, for whom she found jobs in the countryside.
Chisholm returned to Australia in 1854 and lectured on and made inspections of the living conditions in the goldfields.
Her health broke down in 1857, and in 1866 she and her family returned to England, where she was granted a government pension of £100 in 1867.
www.fountainterrace.com.au /caroline_chisholm_room.html   (178 words)

  
 Chisholm, Caroline (1808 - 1877) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
CHISHOLM, CAROLINE (1808-1877), philanthropist, was born near Northampton, England, daughter of William Jones, a well-to-do farmer.
Mrs Chisholm was now one of the most famous women in England; her portrait by Angelo Collen Hayter, of which the original was lost, hung in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1852, a panoramic picture 'Adventures of Mrs Chisholm' 'sold by the thousands', and she was the subject of many poems, articles and cartoons.
Caroline Chisholm's scorn for material reward and public position contributed to the obscurity of her last years in Australia.
www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A010208b.htm   (1717 words)

  
 **CAROLINE CHISHOLM**
Caroline was known as 'the imigrants friend' and she earned this title from her work with poor migrant women whom had travelled to Sydney looking for a better life.
Caroline was determined to make a difference and after much lobbying persuaded Governor Gipps to allow her to use the old, disused immigration barrcks as a women's home.
Caroline Chisholm was the first person in Australia to set up a counsiling service for young girls and women who came to Sydney with stars in their eyes,looking for a better life, who'se hopes were shattered when all they foud in the end were cold streets.
www.webspawner.com /users/carolinejones   (661 words)

  
 Chapter 13, Living Water to Light the Journey - Martin Roth Christian Commentary
Chisholm was a practical woman, and rather than talk theoretically she provided many harrowing stories.
Chisholm is now recognised as one of the pioneers of Australia, and she has been remembered in many ways.
The conversion [Chisholm’s conversion to Catholicism just before her marriage] is evidence of the strain of mysticism which was a fundamental of her character, for her religion was the motive power of her life.
www.martinrothonline.com /lw13.htm   (1521 words)

  
 Caroline Chisolm - The Immigrants' Friend
Caroline Chisholm was born Caroline Jones in 1808 in Northamptonshire, England.
Caroline went on to have a total of nine children.
Within days of arriving in Sydney Town, which was still a convict settlement, Caroline was distressed and shocked to see the plight of many of the new immigrants, particularly women.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/aus_history/62050   (481 words)

  
 Glimpses bulletin #135: Caroline Chisolm served Australian immigrants
Caroline sensed that she was contemplating suicide and stayed by her.
Caroline was born in England in 1808, a redhead like her mother.
Caroline found it hard to give up her school, but she had built it well and knew it could survive.
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 Caroline Chisholm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Caroline Jones was born in Northamptonshire, England, into a family with a strong tradition of charitable works.
In 1830 she married Captain Archibald Chisholm, an officer with the East India Company, and accompanied him to Madras in India, where she founded a school for daughters of European soldiers.
On her husband's retirement, in 1845, Chisholm returned to England where she promoted her family reunion scheme, raising money and support, and also opened an emigration office in London.
www.jonesshop.com /jonesShop/fame/caroline_chisholm.htm   (275 words)

  
 BBC - Northamptonshire - A Sense Of Place - Northamptonshire People: Caroline Chisholm
Caroline's thinking proved to be way ahead of her times and extremely progressive for the middle of the 19th Century.
Caroline made sure that when the girls arrived in Australia they were treated well and formed a sort of marriage agency to help ensure that they would be looked after and cared for by their prospective husbands.
Caroline returned to England where she died in poverty and obscurity on 25 March 1877, while her work in Australia earned her continued fame.
www.bbc.co.uk /northamptonshire/asop/people/caroline_chisholm.shtml   (3184 words)

  
 CAROLINE CHISHOLM
The courses of study prepared by the teachers at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College will enable the students to demonstrate achievement of the outcomes and hence satisfactorily complete the unit.
Caroline Chisholm Catholic College will provide the students and parents with progress reports and statements of results at various times during the year.
The Caroline Chisholm Catholic College Promotions Policy is based on the requirements set for entry to Year 12.
www.cccc.vic.edu.au /kla/vce/ccccvcepolicy.html   (4819 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm || isoHunt - World's largest BitTorrent and P2P search engine
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Caroline Chisholm (1808 - March 25, 1877) was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female
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 Cyclic Defrost - Issue #011 (May 2005) - Danny Jumpertz & Caroline Chisholm - Feral Media
Having been friends for years Danny and Caroline Chisholm both moved to Melbourne in 2000 for three years.
This DIY, all in-house/in-community attitude is core to the ethics of the label.
Chisholm has brought strong, practical eco-politics to the label’s operations.
www.cyclicdefrost.com /article.php?article=706   (2173 words)

  
 March 25: Caroline Chisholm's faith bettered Australia
When Caroline Chisholm knew death was near, she asked that the sacrament be brought to her.
She spoke with them and found that they were immigrants, sleeping at night in the shelter of "the rocks," Sydney's crime district.
Caroline devoted her leisure time to the poor girls, "determined with God's blessing, never to rest until decent protection was afforded them." This meant she had to leave her own children in care of others.
chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/03/daily-03-25-2002.shtml   (653 words)

  
 Chisholm Primary School | Caroline Chisholm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Caroline Chisholm began by taking some of these women into her own home until she persuaded Governor Gipps to allow her to use a disused barracks as a home for these women.
She was also active in improving the conditions for the women on the ships bringing them to Australia.
In 1846 Caroline and her family returned to England and set up an information agency to enable people to find out more about the conditions and life in Australia before deciding to emigrate.
www.chisholmps.act.edu.au /home/caroline_chisholm   (191 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm Summary
Caroline Chisholm (1808-1877) was a British-born author and philanthropist, whose work with immigrant families, women and children ensured the successful colonization of Australia.
Caroline Jones Chisholm was born in a time of turmoil.
Caroline Chisholm(1808- March 25, 1877) was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian and philanthropist known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia.
www.bookrags.com /Caroline_Chisholm   (109 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm High School | About Us
About Us Caroline Chisholm High School is a community of learners.
Caroline Chisholm High School is an ACT government high school catering for students in Years 7 to 10.
The school is uniquely structured into four subschools designed to provide a supportive environment focused firmly on the student, on building community and on personal growth.
www.cchs.act.edu.au /about_us   (182 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm School
Caroline Chisholm School is a DfES flagship project as a new £25m all-age establishment.
Caroline Chisholm has also chosen to utilise RM's virtual teaching and learning environment, Kaleidos to support the use of ICT in the curriculum and the common learning goals across the whole age-range.
Follow the link to see how the staff and students at Caroline Chisholm have been using ICT.
www.rm.com /BSF/Generic.asp?cref=GP346553   (408 words)

  
 ~ GOLD ~
Polish digger Seweryn Korzelinski claimed Caroline Chisholm "carried on what accounted to a traffic in women".
Chisholm wholly believed women would have a civilising influence on the rough male population and were vital to the future of the young colony.
Korzelinski accused Chisholm of building on Australia's already large population of morally questionable women.
www.sbs.com.au /gold/story.html?storyid=26   (827 words)

  
 Civics | Case Study of Caroline Chisholm High School
Caroline Chisholm is a Canberra government high school which caters for students in Years 7 to 10.
Caroline Chisholm High School has developed gender equity policies and inclusive practices to balance the development of both male and female students.
Students are also made aware of the concept of reconciliation and its linkage to the 'restorative justice' model of the Caroline Chisholm High School student welfare process.
www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au /cce/default.asp?id=10461   (1674 words)

  
 Spirituality and Caroline Chisholm - Australia's rich heritage
I consulted it there, and was amazed to find that it was not simply a powerful plea for greater protection for women migrants to Australia, but that it was also a deeply spiritual document.
Like some of the mediaeval female Christian mystics, Chisholm was writing in graphic detail of her relationship with God and of her efforts to know and follow God’s will.
Caroline Chisholm’s achievements are well recognised in Australia, thanks especially to a steady rise recently in research into the role of women in our pioneering days.
www.martinrothonline.com /MRCC25.htm   (569 words)

  
 Caroline Chisholm and Monica House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Caroline Chisholm and Monica House operate as a crisis, medium or long term accommodation service for women and their accompanying children that are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Residents do not need to be referred to the service, assistance can be given over the phone to families in crisis and for those seeking accommodation they will be placed on a waiting list for the next family room available.
Or phone Monica House direct on 02 62395166 - Caroline Chisholm on 02 62862173.
www.stvincanb.com.au /services/chisholm.html   (168 words)

  
 Volunteer honoured with Caroline Chisholm Award - News - Vision Australia
Long serving volunteer Ms Elaine Wilson was honoured with a Caroline Chisholm Award on behalf of the Chisholm Electorate in Victoria last month.
Federal Member for Chisholm in Victoria, Ms Anna Burke, presented Ms Wilson with the prestigious award, at an afternoon tea ceremony held in Chisholm.
The Caroline Chisholm Award is a wonderful way to recognise the outstanding work of volunteers in the local community.
www.visionaustralia.org.au /info.aspx?page=1256   (212 words)

  
 Melbourne's Caroline Chisholm Library passes ten year mark
Caroline Chisholm Library is a legatee of the Central Catholic Library.
In place of Central Catholic Library, Caroline Chisholm Library meant the "CCL" stamped in the front leaves of books did not need changing.
Inquire about the "Caroline" on 9670 1815; or log in to www.cclibrary.thechurch.com.au or email cclibrary@bigpond.com.
www.ad2000.com.au /articles/2003/nov2003p9_1481.html   (982 words)

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