His father, Alfred Alexander Davies (1813-1875),[3] was twenty-one when he emigrated with his parents and younger brother, Thomas, to Western Australia.

Alfred Davies, between 1849 and 1869, built extensive real estate holdings along some of Fremantle's main streets and operated a pawnbroking business between 1870 and 1874.

The cellars also held bottling equipment, which enabled his business to buy in grapes to supply the demand for his creation.

He was involved in establishing public baths on the sea front and in ensuring that the more attractive land around Fremantle was not sold off.

[6] Davies was elected Mayor of Fremantle in December 1894[12] and was made a Justice of the Peace in March 1895.