Edith Emily Dornwell

[2] The family later moved to Adelaide, South Australia where Dornwell initially studied at the State Central Model School.

[5] In 1889 a representative of the University of Adelaide stated that "The most brilliant student in the science course, up to the present, has been a woman— Miss E Dornwell, who passed the first, second, and third year of that course first class in elementary physiology.

[2] Whilst at Riviere, she applied for the position of principal at the newly established Women's College at Sydney University, a post she did not win.

[2] The couple went on to raise two sons, Oliver and Roland, who were sent back to Sydney to continue their secondary education in Australia.

[2] Upon her husband's retirement Dornwell returned to Sydney where she was active in the Lyceum Club and the National Council of Women.

Edith E. Dornwell, graduate and former student of the Advanced School for Girls