merely done honour to the University, but you have vindicated the right of your sex to compete, and to compete on equal terms, with other undergraduates for the honours and distinctions of the University." Teaching career Following her graduation Dornwell taught mathematics, physics, Latin and physiology at her former school, the Advanced School for Girls. In 1887 she moved to Hawthorn, Victoria and became the resident teacher at the Methodist Ladies College and in 1890 she accepted the post as headmistress at the private Riviere Ladies' College in Woollahra, New South Wales. Whilst at Riviere Dornwell, she applied for the position of principal at the newly established Women's College at Sydney University, a post she did not win. Marriage, family, and later life Dornwell married Lionel Charles Raymond at St Andrew's Church, Walkerville on 13 February 1895. Following their marriage Dornwell moved to Fiji where Raymond had accepted a post with the Commonwealth Sugar Refineries. The couple went on to raise two sons, Oliver and Roland, who were sent back to Sydney to continue their secondary education in Australia. Upon her husband's retirement Dornwell returned to Sydney where she was active in the Lyceum Club and the National Council of Women. Dornwell died in Sydney 18 November 1945, aged 80. References External links Teritiary Education for Women The Manning Index of South Australian History, State Library of South Australia Women graduates of the University of Adelaide SA Memory, State Library of South Australia Series 772 - Edith Emily Dornwell [Papers and Photographs] The University of Adelaide Archives 140: Years - Making History Together, Lumen, The University of Adelaide Edith Emily Dornwell BSc (photograph) Flickr, The University of Adelaide The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in 20th Century Australia - Science Australian schoolteachers 1865 births 1943 deaths University of Adelaide alumni New Zealand emigrants to Australia Australian people of German descent Australian headmistresses 19th-century Australian women Australian expatriates in Fiji People educated at the Advanced School for Girls