 He was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in 1903 and in 1904 became a priest.He was vicar of George Town, Tasmania, from 1905 to 1908, Swansea, Tasmania, from 1908 to 1909, and D'Entrecasteaux Channel from 1909 to 1916, when he retired.Another volume, "Meadow and Bush", had appeared in 1911, and a collected edition of his poems in 1920.