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| | 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. |
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