[3] After reading positive reports on pastoral prospects of the Kimberley district in Western Australia written by Alexander Forrest and also influenced by earlier stories by Philip Parker King, Bradshaw formed a syndicate to acquire land along the Prince Regent River.
[2][4] In 1890 they received approval for 20 blocks of land each with a size of 50,000 acres (20,234 ha), a total area of 4,047 square kilometres (1,563 sq mi) on either side of the river.
[9] Bradshaw tried to introduce cattle in 1894 but received a large livestock tax bill[10] that resulted in him abandoning his property and acquiring new lands in the Victoria River district in the Northern Territory.
[12] Bradshaw worked with a London syndicate to acquire 20,000 square miles (51,800 km2) of land on the western side of the Gulf of Carpentaria taking in most of the country between Cape Wessels and the Roper River.
[18] In 1902 and 1905, Bradshaw donated to the British Museum an important collection of Aboriginal artefacts (boomerangs, weapons, tools, jewellery and vessels) that had been obtained in the vicinity of Victoria River, Northern Territory.