Career
There is some evidence that he lived under an alias at this time although the reason is not known. In the early 1850s he moved to northern New South Wales, and served as a police trooper in Wellingrove, near Glen Innes. During this time he was involved in the pursuit of the bushranger Thomas Haywood, requesting the public"s help through newspaper appeals to the Morton Bay Courier
In 1854, Charles Eastaughffe moved to the Darling Downs area and brought with him the official documentation proclaiming the town of Dalby on behalf of Captain Samuel Perry, the Deputy Surveyor-General of New South Wales.
He was appointed Chief Constable of Dalby that same year, and a soon after the Governor General also appointed him as the region"s slaughter-house inspector
Mr Eastaughffe held these appointments for a considerable time, and afterwards took to commercial pursuits, engaging in business as Auctioneer and Commission Agent.
He built a wool receiving store, which he subsequently converted into a theatre, which was well known by the name of Union Hall. In the mid-1870s, Mr Eastaughffe left Dalby and went to Toowoomba for a couple of years.
Charles Eastaughffe retired to Nerang on Queensland"s Gold Coast where he died in 1885.
