In October 1878 Charles and his brother Herbert erected the first permanent building in the newly opened bush settlement of Stratford, a  site for which the first sections had been sold in August of that year. Herbert and another brother George ran a butchery in the nearby settlement of Inglewood, and together with Charles he established a similar operation at Stratford in conjunction with yet another brother, Oswald.
In October 1878, Charles and his sibling Herbert established the first fixed structure in the newly opened bush village of Stratford, where land sales had begun in August. Additionally, their brother George managed a butcher shop in Inglewood, while Charles collaborated with Oswald to create a similar venture at Stratford.