Caroline Jones Chisholm was an English philanthropist and humanitarian known for working towards female immigrant welfare in Australia. She was especially of immense help to young girls without any money or jobs. Caroline gave shelter to these hapless women and found jobs for them from which they could earn a livelihood. Soon she included young men also into the group of people who received help from her. She became a familiar figure on the dockside as she scouted for people disembarking from the ships from England. She went back to England and fought to change the rules and regulations set down by the government regarding people migrating to Australia. She founded societies which gave immigrants to Australia half of the passage money. She forced the government to make the passage of a large number of children and families left behind by emigrants free. She even chartered ships to carry the immigrants to Australia. She encouraged and often funded small farmers and their families to settle down on land in the area of New South Wales and asked the government to free more land for them.
