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Caroline Chisholm

By Brooke99

  • Caroline Jones born at Wootton, near Northampton,England.

  • Educated at home

  • Meets and marries Archibald at Northampton

  • Caroline gives birth to female infant who dies 3 weeks later

  • Begins Female School of Industry

  • Caroline gives birth to Archibald jnr.

  • Caroline gives birth to William

  • All the family sail to Sydney, Australia

  • Caroline gives birth to Henry

  • Caroline undertakes private charitable work

  • Starts Female Immigrants’ Home, Sydney

  • At year’s end, closes the Home,

  • Caroline gives birth to Sydney

  • Caroline becomes seriously ill

  • health gets worse.

  • Death of Caroline

  • Archibald dies