 With this new found prosperity, Frank, along with his younger brothers were sent to Sydney for schooling to be educated at Sydney Grammar School.In 1858, Frank's father accepted a position of Commissioner of Crown Lands in the frontier Port Curtis District and in 1861 he also became the police magistrate at Rockhampton.After completing his schooling in Sydney, Frank joined his parents and siblings at Rockhampton and by 1862 was involved in the business of land sales and subdivision in that town.