In 1952 he moved to Melbourne, Australia, visiting Ireland in 1959 to spend a year working voluntarily with Liam Miller of Dolmen Press.
Contributors to the book included Harry Crock, AO, Patrick McCaughey, Professor Jenny Zimmer, and Alison Broinowski.
Following the closure of the Crossley Print Workshop in 1977, Adams and Baldessin established Lyre Bird Press to publish high-calibre livres d'artistes.
Adams operated the press, continuing to produce artist books, including Diary of a Vintage in 1981, the award-winning John Brack Nudes in 1982, Seven Deadly Sins by Juli Haas in 1998, and the Palmetum in 2002.
[3] Tate Adams continued his own artistic practice and exhibited in his later years at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery: a major solo exhibition, Gesture, in 2002,[7] followed by The Line in 2007 included curated work by Adams as well as a major gouache; and Elegies in 2009, a series of narrative paintings based on John Millington Synge's play, Riders to the Sea.