De Pury owned several vineyards in Australia (Yering) and exported his vines to England, France, and other European countries.

[1] In 1858 he sold Dalry and rented land near Darlot Creek to graze sheep and breed horses.

[1] In 1860 de Pury purchased land near Lilydale and named it Cooring Yering, planting a vineyard and building a house and wine cellar there.

[1] In 1863, along with George Langdon, he purchased nine-hundred acres in Yering from de Castella's creditors, which he named Yeringberg, starting a vineyard there.

He became a justice of the peace in 1862 and was a member of the Upper Yarra District Roads Board for twenty-one years.