 In 1952 he moved to Melbourne, Australia, visiting Ireland in 1959 to spend a year working voluntarily with Liam Miller of Dolmen Press.Dolmen published his first book of engravings, "Soul Cages", and on returning to Melbourne he completed linocuts to illustrate the Dolmen press reprint of "Riders to the Sea".Tate Adams established the artist print department at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1960 and taught there for 22 years until 1982.