David Davies (Australian politician)

[3] Sometime after 1875, his views having undergone a change in regard to some important religious doctrines, he resigned his charge, and entered on agricultural pursuits in the Buninyong district.

At that time the borough did not have permanent quarters, but under his guidance a handsome Italianate town hall[6] was built with Davies laying the foundation stone on 30 August 1866.

Davies was an active man with many interests including astronomy, entomology, mineralogy, geographical collection, telephony and phonography.

He was highly regarded as an amateur astronomer and delivered the inaugural address at the opening of the Ballarat Observatory at Mount Pleasant on 11 May 1886, as reported in the local newspaper.

Davies died in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on 18 June 1894, survived by his wife (Sarah née Phillips) and by five sons and one daughter.