After completing his task there to measure longitudes, he returned to Melbourne and became acting government astronomer on 30 June 1895 on Robert L. J. Ellery's retirement.
Nakon što je obavio svoju zadaću mjerenja zemljopisnih dužina, vratio se u Melbourne i postao aktivni vladin astronom 30. lipnja 1895. nakon što se umirovio Robert L. J. Ellery.