In 1878 he began exporting skins to Britain .
In 1879 he bought a ten - acre ( 4 ha ) property in what is now Beverley , South Australia for stabilizing skins and hides and skins for export to English fellmongers .
In 1878 he began exporting skins to Britain and in 1879 he bought a ten - acre ( 4 ha ) property in what is now Beverley , South Australia for stabilizing skins and hides and skins for export to English fellmongers .