They sailed to Melbourne aboard Ellen Stuart, arriving on 7 September, and during their enforced stopover he took a couple of services,[REF] and arrived in Adelaide aboard Burra Burra by 25 September 1857 and took his first service there on 27 September 1857.
He applied himself vigorously to his new community, as a founder of the multi-faith City Mission, and Bush Mission Society,[REF] and was prominent at official functions of other Protestant denominations.