[2] Bulcock arrived in Queensland in 1855 and took up farming before becoming a seedsman and produce merchant in Queen Street, Brisbane.

[2] He was president of the Temperance Council and his strict adherence to its views made him unpopular in many quarters.

[2] In October 1885, Bulcock won the seat of Enoggera[1] in a by-election bought on by the resignation of John Bale.

[4] Bulcock was called up to the Legislative Council in October 1894 and held the seat till his death six years later.

[1] Before he left Clitheroe in England, Bulcock married Elizabeth Grandidge, of Shipton, Yorkshire, and together they had eleven children.