A Hop Through Australia's History |
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1842 - Caroline Chisholm
Carole Chisholm's stance is fearless:
Stop abusing all the sheilas!
Neat in habit, mild in manner,
To a girl she was a Pollyanna.
Finds her a day job, gets her shelter,
Won't allow the boss to belt her.
Brings to Outback, before railroads,
Door to door the girls in drayloads.
Female Migrant Home she tenders,
Sixteen branches, inland centres.
Goes to Gipps and sues a doctor
Who once soaked a girl and socked her.
Dogged creature on her own cracked
Proper form of service contract.
Woman's pace of progress quickens,
Models Jellyby for Dickens.
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