Later Life
Gregory undertook no further explorations but was appointed Surveyor General of Queensland in 1859. He later clashed with William Alcock Tully (then under-secretary for public lands and chief commissioner of crown lands); in 1875 Tully became acting surveyor-general in place of Gregory. Gregory then became a geological surveyor. In 1882 Gregory was made a member of the Queensland Legislative Council and continued to be a member until his death. He was interested in scientific research and was a trustee of the Queensland Museum. He was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1858 and was knighted in 1903. With his brother, F. T. Gregory, he published their Journals of Australian Exploration in 1884.
Gregory died in 1905 and was buried at Toowong Cemetery in Brisbane.
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