Late Life
Busby retired to his country property Kirkton on the Hunter River which had been granted to him and died there on 10 May 1857. His grave and that of his wife is still preserved as of today at Kirkton(2011).
He was the father of James Busby, who is widely regarded as the "father" of the Australian wine industry.
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