Thames, New Zealand
He moved to Thames, New Zealand in 1869 where he joined his brothers William Rowe (MHR for Thames) and Abel Rowe, there he was advertising himself as a Practical Mining Manager and Assayer in February 1870. By 1872 he was in Sydney, again advertising himself. In December of that year and was appointed Manager of the Edina Mine in Queensland. He returned again to Kapunda.