[2] After immigrating to Australia he settled in Sydney and found work as a shunter at Darling Harbour Yard.

He later bought a produce store on Crown Street and ran the White Horse Hotel in Surry Hills.

He was a supporter of Mathew Talbot Hostel for Homeless Men and the Our Lady of Consolation Home for the Aged, as well as an "honorary citizen" of Boys' Town in Engadine.

[1] In December 1945, Minogue unsuccessfully contested ALP preselection for the federal seat of West Sydney, losing to William O'Connor.

[1] In 1947, he purchased the home of William McKell, the former premier of New South Wales and newly appointed governor-general of Australia.