As a land agent for the South Australian Company, he secured valuable land for his family and clients; he was energetic, enthusiastic sensible and lucky, and profited greatly from a multitude of land transactions. A Secondary Towns Association was formed in England in 1838, and Morphett became the local Colonial Representative for that Association.
Morphett, working as a land agent for the South Australian Company, successfully acquired valuable land for his family and clients; he was dynamic, passionate, rational, and fortunate, and reaped substantial rewards from various land deals. A Secondary Towns Association in England was founded in 1838, and Morphett took on the role of local Colonial Representative for that organization.