Dorothy Mary Sutherland Mitchell the only child of James's second wife, 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. She 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 they 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.

Dance at Wallaroy 16 August 1906

Miss Mitchell and Miss Dorothy Mitchell must be congratulated on the success of the ball they gave at Wallaroy, Woollahra on August 16. From start to finish everything went with a tremendous swing, the dressing was exceedingly smart and all arrangements were carried out in a perfect way.

Chinese lanterns illuminated the drive and picturesque grounds the verandas were enclosed with flags while the reception rooms were gilded with bowls of pretty flowers and arranged with small tables so that bridge could be played by those who preferred that pastime and a cosy area for dancing. A large marquee was erected on the lawn in which a special floor had been laid for dancing which proved a delightful innovation.

Miss Mitchell wore a handsome gown of bronze silk veiled in embroidered and beaded net and Miss Dorothy Mitchell chose a becoming frock of pale pink sheer silk trimmed with chiffon.

Supper was served in the dining-room and on the adjoining veranda, the tables being decorated with pink roses and pink shades subdued the lights.

Among the guests were:

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell

Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Laidley

Mr. and Mrs. Laidley Mort

Miss Bisdee

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen

Miss Darley Mr. H. Darley Lady McMillan Sir James and Lady Fairfax Mrs and Miss Crace Sir Francis and Lady Suttor Captain and Mrs. Stokes Rees Mr. and Mrs. A. Dowling Rev. and Mrs. Wallace Mort Captain and Mrs. Halsey Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mort Mrs. H. C. and the Misses Dangar Mrs. and Miss Russell French Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen Mr. and. Mrs. C. B. Stephen Sir. Edmund and. Lady Barton Miss Barton Dr. Mrs. and Miss Fockley Mr. and Mrs. Consett Stephen Dr. Scot Skirving Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Knox Mr. and .Mrs. N. Dowling Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Knox . Mrs. Babington Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Knox Mr. and Mrs. Mordaunt Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Colin Stephen Mrs. E. P. Simpson Miss Vera Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Geoffroy Fairfax Dr. Mrs. and Miss Brady Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Smith Dr. and Mrs. W. Chisholm Miss Clara Manning Mrs. and Miss Partridge the Misses Dibbs Captain Lesio Wilson Mrs. and Miss Burdekin Mr. and Mrs. W. Docker Mr. and Mrs. Rothe Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald Dr. and Mrs. W. Fairfax Major and Mrs. Eveleigh; Mrs. Gaunt Mr. and Mrs. J. Alison Mr. and Mrs Aleo Hay Mr. and Mrs. Bethune Mr. Milner. Stephen Mr. Ritchie CNZ. the Misses Mort Mr. Leonard Stepbon Mrs. and Miss Mackay Mrs. and Miss Willis Mr. Jack Willis. Mr. Miller R.N. Mr. and Miss Warry Miss Fiorelll Mr. and Mrs. F. Orlfllths the Misses Griffiths Mr. and Miss von Arnholm Mr. George Innes the Misses Mann Mr. and Mrs. Gilchrist Mr. and Mrs. F. Moore Miss Vera Moore Miss Learmonth Mr. A Thomp son Miss Marjorie Thompson Mrs. and Miss Owon Miss M. Street Miss Madge Suttor Mr. and Mrs. H. Fairfax

and several officers from H.M.S. Powerful

PROMINENT' WOMEN OF TO-DAY

By the Orontes, which leaves On Wednesday, we will lose the most popular bride of the year, Mrs. Harry Rawson, who, with her husband Lieutenant Rawson, R.N., will stay sometime in England. Miss F. Mitchell, sister of Mrs.Rawson, will accompany them, their charming home, 'Wallaroy,' Edgecliff Road, being let for three years to Mr. G.S. Walker. Mrs. Rawson was Miss Dorothy Sutherland Mitchell, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Sutherland Mitchell, of 'Etham,' Darling Point, her mother being a daughter of the late Sir George Wigram Allen, K.C.M.G., and granddaughter of the late Hon. George Allen, M.L.C., who married the eldest daughter of the late Rev. William Billington Boyce, first president of the Australian Wesleyan Conference.

Mrs. Rawson lost her mother when a child, and has been brought up entirely by her sister Miss F. Mitchell. She was educated first in Australia and then in England, and is a perfect linguist. She was born at 'Etham,' Darling Point, and is the first Australian to marry a Governor's son. She is tall and slender, with charming, unaffected manners, and dresses exquisitely. Her trousseau, which was made in Australia, was the most costly and the most beautiful that has been produced to order here. Her favourite hobby is wood carving, and she has done a great deal of this work. Like all Australians, she is fond of outdoor life.

'Etham,' Darling Point, was for many years the home of the Mitchell family and it was only on the death of Mr. William Mitchell that the estate was cut up and built upon. The grounds slope down to the waters of Double Bay, and the view is magnificent from the largo balconies and verandahs. The ball-room is the finest in the Commonwealth. After the sale of 'Etham,' Mrs.Rawson and her sister lived at 'Wallaroy,' the late residence of Lady Manning (wife of the Chief Justice), and it was from the latter place that the wedding took place of Miss Dorothy Mitchell and Lieutenant Harry Shaw Christopher Rawson, R.N. In Sydney social circles no event created so much interest, the crowd at the Cathedral being enormous.

(Photo by Freeman.)No. 6. — MRS. RAWSON, WIFE OF LIEUTENANT H. C. S. BAWSON, R.N., ELDEST SON OF OUR POPULAR STATE GOVERNOR.

SOCIETY WEDDING

10 April 1907

LIEUTENANT RAWSON AND MISS DOROTHY MITCHELL

The wedding of Lieutenant H C Rawson, son of his Excellency the Governor of New South. Wales and Miss Dorothy Mitchell youngest daughter of the late Mr. James Sutherland Mitchell of Etham Darling Point was one of the social events of the season and claimed more than ordinary attention.

The ceremony was performed yesterday at St. Andrew's Cathedral which was quite filled with guests and spectators, admission being gained by invitation only. Long before the hour the streets were crowded with people anxious to catch a glimpse of the bride and her maids and the traffic in George street was completely demoralised. Windows and roofs of the opposite buildings were packed with both men and women the streets on both sides being lined three and four deep a row of police keeping the more venturesome from being crushed beneath the passing trams.

The interior of the Cathedral presented a beautiful sight. It was completely decorated with palms, evergreens, white cosmos and small button dahlias white ribbons being used in great quantity to tie up the ends of the pews and to add to the general light effect. Instead of the conventional bell of white flowers, the wedding party stood beneath the English and Australian flags, these being suspended high above their heads. The sun streamed in through the coloured windows and shed a radiance over the bride and her maids in their pure white gowns.

There was much beautiful music for the service was fully choral, St. Andrew's choir singing as usual in an excellent fashion.

The knot was tied by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney and the Bishop of Goulburn while the Rev. H. Wallace Mort the Rev. F. Metcalf the Precentor and the Rev. Mr. Simpson assisted.

At an early hour the guests began to arrive in twos and threes and shortly before 2 o'clock came their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Northcote accompanied by Miss Chandos-Pole and attended by Captain Grevllle ADC and Mr. H. H.Share. Her Excellency wore a beautiful gown of pearl-grey silk with touches of wedgwood blue, her picture hat of grey being trimmed with a wedgwood blue feather.

Then a little later his Excellency Sir Harry Rawson accompanied by Miss Rawson and Mr. Wyatt Rawson entered at the western door. Miss Rawson looked particularly well in a lovely frock of ivory crepe-de-chine the dress made Empire fashion and finished with touches of ivory applique. A picture hat of white with long white feathers was added and Miss Rawson carried a lovely bouquet of deep crimson roses.

The strains of music announced the arrival of the bride herself who entered with her eldest brother Mr. J. G. Mitchell who subsequently gave her away. She wore a gown of soft ivory chiffon the full skirt having two folds of chiffon at the foot and an extremely narrow front panel of point-de-gaze lace. The folded bodice had a long transparent yoke of fine lace and a berthe to correspond and was finished off with tiny ruches. The pushed chiffon sleeves were completed with lace. The court train, which was four yards in length was of chiffon lined with puffings of self material and banded at the hem with white satin. Across the foot of the train was a width of yellow priceless point-de-gaze (which had been worn by the bride's mother) headed with a narrower width to match. The lace was considerably over a yard in depth and each toso and leaf showed up perfectly from its plain background. The train came from each shoulder but It was divided as far as the waist in order not to conceal the outlines of the figure and on each side was a narrow piece of the point-tie -gaze. On the front of the bodice was a tiny spray of orange blossoms, and a tiara of similar flowers was worn on the head. Over this fell a plain tulle veil which had a most soft and cloudy effect and which was fastened to her hair with a diamond star, which had been her mother's.

There were four bridesmaids — Miss Isabel Mitchell, Miss Bisdee, Miss Bessie Grace and Miss May Campbell. They were dressed alike in frocks of ivory ninon-de-soie, the full gathered skirts being decorated with the key pattern in narrow Malines insertion. The bodices had long transparent yokes these being formed of malines insertion joined together with silver thread. They were completed by fiches of the ninon edged with narrow frills and which fell right to the hems of the dresses. They added picture hats of silver tissue trimmed effectively with white ostrich plumes and chiffon. The only touch of the colour was pale pink the bouquets being of lovely carnations tied with streamers to match.

Captain Leslie Wilson ADC acted as best man, the groomsmen being Lieutenant Northey RN, Lieutenant Danby RN and Lieutenant Evans RN — fellow-officers of the bridegroom on H.M.S. Powerful.

After the ceremony was over the wedding party drove to Wallaroy where Miss Mitchell received the guests. She wore an elegant gown of metal grey crepe de chine the skirt trimmed at the foot with mirror velvet and applique in roses and true lovers' knots. Her hat, which harmonised exactly was decked with feathers.

Wallaroy was most elaborately decorated and portions of the grounds beyond the verandas were enclosed with canvas and dark and light blue bunting. There was a large number of beautiful presents including a silver cigarette box with a design on the lid in mother of pearl and which had been presented to the bridegroom by their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Northcote.

There were also lovely gifts from his Excellency the Governor and Miss Rawson from the suites of both Government Houses, from naval, military and society folk. It is the request however of the bride that the vice-regal gifts, the family gifts, the bride groom's gifts to herself and her bridesmaids and those of the immediate household shall go unpublished.

Refreshments were served in a large marquee; the tables being done with the loveliest of autumn flowers. Later on Lieutenant and Mrs. Rawson left for their honeymoon which is to be spent at Moonbarra, Port Hacking the charming house lent by Mr and Mrs Arthur Allen.

The bride travelled in a gown of white cloth trimmed at the hem of the skirt with a wide band of white silk appliqued in pink and red flowers and golden tissue roses. The bodice was of fine lace and Irish crochet with strappings and hieroglyphics of cloth. Her large white felt hat was trimmed with white uncurled ostrich feathers. As there were many hundreds of guests present, it is impossible to make mention of them all. His Excellency the Admiral and Lady Fawkes, Flag Captain and Mrs Lionel Halsey, Captain and Mrs Gaunt, Brigadier-General and Mrs. Gordon, Sir Henry and Lady Stephen, Sir Francis and Lady Suttor, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress of Sydney and Mr and Mrs Harrison Smith were however amongst the number.

As the bridegroom is a naval man the naval world was well represented and as Lieutenant and Mrs Rawson left the Cathedral, they passed between two lines of officers and under an archway of drawn swords.

Harry married Dorothy Mitchell on 5th April 1907 in St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. The Australasian published a full account of the wedding:

SIR HARRY RAWSON'S SON MARRIED

Lieutenant Harry Christopher Shaw Rawson R.N., of H.M.S. Powerful (the flag ship on the Australian station), eldest son of His Excellency Sir Harry Rawson, Governor of New South Wales, and Dorothy Mary Sutherland, youngest daughter of the late Mr. James Mitchell, of Ethan, Darling Point, were married in St. Andrew's Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon, April 5, at 2 o'clock. Such an interesting event as the union of the Governor's son and a member of one of the oldest and most highly-esteemed families in the state, naturally created unusual interest, and long before the appointed hour crowds of people had assembled in George and Bathurst Streets to see the wedding party pass.