People Australia

Dorothy Mitchell, c. 1907 photographer unknown

Evening News (Sydney), 9 APril 1907, p 3

Dorothy Mary Sutherland Mitchell, the only child of James's second wife, was born at Etham, Darling Point, Sydney in 1885.

Her father died when she was 8 and her mother when she was 15. She was then brought up by her half sister Edith. Edith and Dorothy moved from Etham  after her mother's death in 1900 to live together at another large mansion called Wallaroy on Edgecliff Road, Sydney. Wallaroy like Etham was later demolished to make way for housing development. Dorothy was educated in Australia and England.

In 1907 at the age of 22 she married Harry Rawson (Royal Navy) son of Admiral Henry Rawson who at that time was the Governor of New South Wales. Two years later Harry resigned from the Royal Navy and they appear to have spent much of their time sailing the world, until he was recalled to the service in 1914. He was promoted to Commander in 1918 and reverted to the Retired List in 1919. He was promoted to Captain on the Retired List on 21st February 1923.
They visited Lisbon in 1919, 1920 and again in 1924, Costa Rica in 1925, Argentina in 1929 giving their UK address as Hutton Court Somerset, the home of Dorothy's sister Edith Mitchell Bisdee. They always sailed 1st Class.

Both their children were born in London — Beatrice in 1908 and Dorothy in 1913. They also travelled the world and in 1938 Beatrice aged 29 and Dorothy aged 24 sailed to Brisbane on the P&O Strathhaird.

For some time Dorothy and Henry lived in Nairobi Kenya and Henry died in 1948 at the European Hospital in Tanga on the Tanganyika (Tanzania) coast. Dorothy returned to England and died in 1971 whilst living at Flat 4 48 Sloane Square London SW1.