You can now go on a Sydney pilgrimage to city locations associated with Caroline Chisholm’s life and work from 1838 to 1846. Called 'Caroline Chisholm’s Sydney – Self-guided Walk', it will probably take about two hours of easy walking.

There are 17 pilgrimage points in the five-page Self-guided Walk. Each has a short description of its significance and an historical or contemporary image. General directions and a map showing the location of the pilgrimage points are included.

Click here for your free copy – Caroline Chisholm’s Sydney

A Melbourne pilgrimage is still being planned. It will take you to Melbourne sites associated with Caroline Chisholm’s work in gold-rush Victoria during the 1850s, as well as an art exhibition with Chisholm artefacts and details on the shelter sheds (a.k.a. shakedowns). An additional segment will take in the townships of Kyneton and Castlemaine.

A shorter Sydney pilgrimage is also being planned. It will share some of the pilgrimage points of Caroline Chisholm’s Sydney but focus on commitment: her commitment in marriage and motherhood, her commitment to an active life of Christian discipleship, and our own commitments today

Pilgrimages to Caroline Chisholm’s grave
Pictured below is a group of pilgrims praying at the graveside of Caroline Chisholm and her husband Archibald. The grave is in the Billing Road cemetery in Northampton. The cemetery is less than a kilometre from Northampton’s city centre and a few hundred metres from the General Hospital. The entry gate faces the Billing Road, and the grave is at the far end of the cemetery.