Caroline Chisholm, 'the emigrant's friend', opened the Female Immigrants' Home on this site in 1841. During a major period of free migration Mrs Chisholm worked to improve conditions for women migrants on their arrival in the colony. Bent Street, Sydney, New South Wales by Royal Australian Historical Society, Rural Bank of New South Wales, and City of Sydney Council #101 of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project series Colour: green Wikimedia: Flickr: [geolocate this address] See also... Spudgun67 on Wikimedia Commons Caroline Chisholm
