George remained farming as one of the shepherds, Henry wanted to explore, while Edward tried to grow vegetables and practised law in Perth; they also obtained some financial assistance from their father.
He took it upon himself to gather as many Aboriginal people as he could to look after them properly, effectively residing among them,[9] and he applied unsuccessfully for government money for a hospital, though received some funds for medical treatment.
[19] In December 1844, Landor explored the Deep River and reported that the country he passed over was well adapted for sheep and stock grazing and well supplied with water and timber,[20] including a "tree so high (63 paces to the first branch) that he could not look over it".
[23] For a while in 1845, Henry and George Landor tried to establish a residence on Newdegate Island at the mouth of the Nornalup Inlet with a plan to catch and salt fish for the Mauritius market, graze sheep and export timber.
He believed in amusement and occupation "daily dances in the afternoon for an hour or two, music, stereoscopic views, etc and [the patients] spin, knit, and make all the socks and stockings used.
"[27] "The admirable order, discipline and working condition in which he left the institution bear ample testimony to the zeal and fidelity of his unremitting labors.
The cottages were small satellite buildings on asylum grounds which eased overcrowding and afforded greater freedom of activity to chronic, quiet patients.
[28] Landor expressed resentment at the control exerted by Inspector John Woodburn Langmuir, who was responsible for Prisons and Public Charities, complaining in 1876 that the system had become "too unbearably military for endurance".
[26] The London Daily Free Press described him as "a gentleman universally respected on account of his attainments, and independence and sincerity of character and those with whom he was on intimate friendship felt an affection for him which may be said to be rare".