 He was subsequently connected with the "Echuca Riverine Herald" and other Victorian journals, the "Launceston Daily Telegraph", the "Workman", the "Worker" (Sydney), the "Tumut Independent" and the "Bathurst Free Press".While at Bathurst, New South Wales he was secretary of the Bathurst Federal League, which did useful work for federation.He had regular correspondence with Sir Henry Parkes, Edmund Barton and George Black.