 By this time, his own health was in serious decline, although he continued living alone in a small flat in Sydney's Cremorne Point until his death in 1977.Chisholm worked as a journalist in Queensland from 1915 to 1922, then moved to Sydney, where he became news editor of the "Daily Telegraph" and later editor of the "Sunday Pictorial".After moving to Melbourne in 1933, he was for many years editor of the "Australasian", before being appointed editor of "The Argus" in June 1937.