 Chewings married Miss F. M. Braddock in 1887, and they had two sons and two daughters.Chewings went to Europe in 1888 and studied geology at University College London and University of Heidelberg, obtaining the degree of Ph.D. After returning to Australia, Chewings worked in Western Australia reporting on mines before going back to South Australia to resume camel carrying.He was much interested in the Indigenous Australians and made a careful study of them.