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Chisholm opposes transportation
Description
Philanthropist Caroline Chisholm published a pamphlet opposing transportation, Emigration and Transportation Relatively Considered, in 1847. Chisholm also campaigned for the families of emancipist convicts to be given free passage to Australia and argued for a systematic approach to colonial migration. She later established a 'Family Loans Colonisation Society' to support family emigration to the Australian colonies.
Secretary of State
Earl Gray
Philanthropist
Caroline Chisholm
Associated place
Sydney Cove, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Chisholm opposes transportation of convicts to the penal colony
Associated date
30/12/1847
Chisholm's opposition is made in 1847
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