[2] Black arrived in Gympie, Queensland in 1868 from New Zealand where he gained farming and mining experience.
[3] Black and Gilbert Muir, later of the Nooya Plantation in Beenleigh, Queensland, owned significant gold interests in the New Zealand Reef.
[1] He returned to Gympie to pursue mining operations again but did not meet with the same success as his previous efforts.
[1][4] He was buried in the Gympie Cemetery on the afternoon of 27 December, the Reverend J. S. M'Intyre minister of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the services at the grave side.
[4] Architect Charles Smith designed Black's 'Italianate' style home on the Albert in the Logan region in Queensland.