il berg ▁came ▁to ▁receive ▁his ▁formal ▁education ▁in ▁Scotland , ▁England ▁final ising ▁with ▁a ▁year ▁at ▁a ▁college ▁in ▁France . ▁Following ▁his ▁gradu ation ▁he ▁was ▁employed ▁by ▁a ▁sh ipping ▁ins urance ▁bro ker ▁of ▁the ▁L loy ds - group ▁in ▁London . ▁ ▁S uffer ing ▁from ▁a ▁serious ▁case ▁of ▁t uber cul osis ▁F iel berg ▁was ▁ad vised ▁to ▁migr ate ▁to ▁Australia ▁where ▁time ▁spent ▁in ▁the ▁dry ▁interior ▁might ▁mit ig ate ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁sympt oms ▁and ▁provide ▁a ▁chance ▁for ▁surv ival . ▁He ▁arrived ▁in ▁Sydney ▁from ▁London ▁by ▁the ▁Aber de en ▁vessel ▁" S ir ▁John ▁Lawrence " ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁June ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁trav elling ▁onto ▁Rock ham pton ▁carrying ▁a ▁' letter ▁of ▁introduction ' ▁to ▁the ▁Scottish ▁squ atter ▁Arch ib ald ▁B erd more ▁Buch an an . ▁He ▁then ▁gained ▁' colon ial ▁experience ' ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁she ph erd , ▁store ▁and ▁book ▁ke eper ▁pre domin antly ▁at ▁Buch an an ' s ▁properties . ▁The ▁first ▁six ▁months ▁at ▁Card be ign ▁station ▁in ▁Spr ings ure ▁district , ▁the ▁remaining ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁Bar co o ▁district ▁on ▁Gre end ale ▁and ▁possibly ▁other ▁stations ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁west . ▁The ▁knowledge ▁he ▁gained ▁in ▁the ▁out back ▁including ▁his ▁experiences ▁with ▁the ▁Native ▁Police ▁and ▁the ▁dark er ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁col ony ' s ▁front ier ▁policies , ▁would ▁later ▁influence