Mackay, Queensland
Adventurous and courageous, the pattern of his life was already set. A noted authority on the habits and customs of the Aboriginal Australians and keenly interested in grazing land, he could not resist the lure of the unknown country to the north. He opened up the coast road to Yeppoon, Queensland with his brothers and in 1864 the road from Broadwater to Mackay, Queensland, living for a time at West Hill, between St Lawrence, Queensland and Mackay, Queensland.