Presents important documents, including her book: Female Immigration Considered, along with an introduction and notes, as a means of commemorating and celebrating Caroline Chisholm in 2008, the bicentennial of her birth, and beyond.

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Selective biographical summaries for Archibald and Caroline Chisholm -- 3. Caroline Chisholm's book: 'Female immigration considered, in a brief account of the Sydney Immigrants' Home' and 'Index to female immigration considered' -- 4. Anglican and Catholic clergy's misgivings about the home and their eventual support, 1841 -- 5. John Dunmore Lang's sectarian attack on Mrs. Chisholm and her response, 1846 -- 6. Preface to 1852 memoir and the account of Mrs. Chisholm's philanthropic labours in India -- 7. Extract from 'The three colonies of Australia', 1853 -- 8. 1853 memoir of Mrs. Chisholm from 'The emigrant's guide to Australia' -- 9. Thomas Holt's speech alleging Mrs. Chisholm was weary of well-doing and her response, 1862 -- 10. Roger Therry's 'Reminiscences' of the home, a bush journey and Mrs. Chisholm's advocacy, 1863 -- 11. Three 1909 articles about Caroline Chisholm -- 12. 'The emmigrant's friend' by Edith Pearson, 1914 -- 13. 'Caroline Chisholm' by G. Elliot Anstruther, 1916.

Includes bibliographical references and index.