 He made his headquarters at or near Melbourne for many years, and was one of the directors of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society when it was formed in 1840, and a member of the committee of the Victorian Horticultural Society which was inaugurated in November 1848.He had a property at Heidelberg, named Banyule and in August 1851 discovered a few grains of gold near the Yarra River.He remained in Australia until 1858 and then returned to England.