In 1884, Zimpel moved to Perth where he was selected to work in John Grave's Federal Furniture Factory.
On 2 February 1886, he married Frances Nellie Harland at St George's Anglican Cathedral in Perth.
Zimpels later set up his own wholesale and retail furniture business which became the largest in Western Australia with some one hundred workers in its employ.
[1] Zimpel testified before a couple of legislative committees in 1893 and 1899 and became a local municipal councillor in Western Australia.
He died on 3 December 1923 in Cottesloe and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.