Sydney, New South Wales
In 1838, Captain Chisholm was granted leave, and the Chisholm family moved to Sydney in the colony of New South Wales (now part of Australia). The family settled at Windsor, and Chisholm and the children remained there when her Sydney, and personally accompanied parties of women travelling to take up their new positions. Chisholm established employment agencies in rural centres, and in 1842 was able to close the Female Immigrants Home because of her success in finding work for unemployed immigrants. Chisholm later extended her work to include families as well as single women, and between 1841 and 1844 assisted 14,000 people to settle in New South Wales.
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