He was appointed secretary to the fledgling South Australian Chamber of Manufactures, with offices co-located in Santo Buildings, Waymouth Street, under financial arrangements criticised by Rowland Rees as over-generous.
[1] He was secretary of the Committee charged with the organization of the 1887 Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition.
[2] He also served as secretary to the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society.
He left for Western Australia in 1896, and was secretary to the Perth Chamber of Commerce.
[3] He married Sarah Price of Hindmarsh Island; among their children were Their last home was "Lingerwood", 6 Richardson Street, West Perth.