At the time of his death he was vice-president of the New South Wales Institute of Journalists. He had been preparing A History of Australian Literature for some years before his death, but this was never published. Many of his papers are at the Mitchell library, Sydney.
Prior to his death, he held a key position as vice-president of the New South Wales Institute of Journalists. He had been laboriously compiling A History of Australian Literature for years, although it ultimately remained unprinted. His papers have been safeguarded at the Mitchell library in Sydney.