Fulford emigrated to South Australia in 1847 with Bishop Short and Rev.
M. B. Hale aboard Derwent, and was ordained deacon at Trinity Church in 1848.
He served the Blakiston church at Balhannah 1851–1858, and was also responsible for St. Mark's, Woodside.
He married Sarah Marshall (c. 1822 – 30 August 1899) in 1852, had five children, then returned to England, where son Harry English Fulford was born.
He returned to Australia in 1863, where he had charge (as locum tenens) of Christ Church, South Yarra in Victoria.