My knowledge of Roland Bishop's adult life comes mainly from his nephew, Gordon Oakley( the son of his sister, Olive), so I can't vouch for its authenticity beyond hunting for factual evidence to support his story.
Roland's chosen profession was that of a photographer, following in the footsteps of his uncle, Allan Hughan.The earliest record I have of him taking a commercial photo is 1890, when he photographed the officials of an Interclub Championship Meeting (bicycling), at the Exhibition building, Melbourne. This photograph can be found on the National Library of Australia Picture Australia website under 'R.O Bishop photographer'.There are several other examples of Roland's photographic works on this website, under both 'R.O Bishop' and 'Roland Bishop & Co.'
The other examples were dated 1894,1898, 1900 and 1902, and were mainly outdoor scenes and photographs, such as two of the Ormond College boat crew and supporters at Melbourne University in 1902, and a view of Jumbunna from 1894.The latter photograph was mounted on a board which had the information "Roland Bishop, Oakleigh'.The Melbourne Uni photo carried the caption "Roland Bishop & Co, 228 Collins Street, Melbourne."
When Roland married Maria Hughes in 1894, he stated that his occupation was 'Artist'...he must have meant 'photographic artist'. In my scribbled notes taken whilst sitting at Uncle Gordon's big old table one cold wintry afternoon in the 1980s, there is mention of Roland at one stage travelling through the Pacific taking photographs and holding lectures and exhibitions upon his return.
Like his father and great-uncle before him, Roland very much enjoyed playing the stock market, and he became quite wealthy as the result of some of his shrewd investments in real estate and industry made during the depression. He sold some of his real estate in Sydney and invested in Peters Ice cream Company and the then-dormant industries of concrete and glass manufacture. Roland's logic behind these investments was "People will always give their children a penny to buy an ice cream" and "The building industry will have to pick up from its depression-induced slump some time, and when it does concrete and glass will go through the roof."
Roland's success in these ventures enabled him to buy a house in View Street, Woollahra, a holiday house in the Blue Mountains town of Leura and a house boat on Sydney Harbour which he used at one stage as a photographic studio.

Maria Celia Hughes Bishop died in South Yarra in 1926, aged 70. Roland was 60 years old, and I am not sure whether he was still in Melbourne with Maria or had already moved to Sydney (although I strongly suspect the latter).I can't find him in the electoral rolls for either Melbourne or Sydney until 1930. The Ancestry data base only has electoral rolls for NSW in 1930 and 1936 (Roland appears in both), but Victoria is covered for the years 1856, 1903,1909, 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931 and 1936. Roland doesn't appear in any of the Victorian electoral rolls, which seems to suggest that he was in Sydney long before 1930.
Ah ha!!!!! Just solved part of the mystery and created another one! I couldn't find "Maria" Bishop on the electoral rolls, but a search for Marie Celia Bishop came up trumps. She appears in the electoral rolls for South Yarra in 1909,1914, 1919 and 1924, and on no occasion was Roland living with her. HOWEVER, in 1914 and 1919, Roland's brother Guy Arnold Bishop WAS living at the same address, 97 Leopold Street, South Yarra. Guy had been widowed in 1906, leaving him to raise a 4 year old daughter, Elaine.
I just checked out the address for 97 Leopold Street, South Yarra on Google Maps Australia Street View, and amazingly it appears to be remarkably similar to what it would have been like in the time that Guy and his daughter lived there. The narrow street is lined with beautiful old terrace houses and cottages on both sides, some modernized but many with original lacework wrought iron on the verandahs.
The details for Marie Celia Hughes Bishop as found on electoral rolls are as follows:

1909: Marie Celia Bishop, 97 Leopold Street, South Yarra Home Duties

1914: Marie Celia Bishop 97 Leopold Street, South Yarra Home duties
Guy Arnold Bishop 97 Leopold Street, South Yarra salesman

1919: Marie Celia Bishop 98 Millswyn Street, South Yarra home duties
Guy Roland Bishop 97 Leopold Street, South Yarra salesman

1924: Marie Celia Bishop 37 Hope Street, South Yarra Home duties
Guy Arnold Bishop 97 Leopold Street, South Yarra Salesman

Millswyn and Hope Streets both come off Toorak Rd West, as does Leopold Street, and the former two streets are only 3 or 4 streets away from Leopold Street.

I would love to know the circumstances of Guy and Marie sharing a house. I'm sure Marie would have stepped in to help some time after Guy's wife Edith died in 1906. I wonder if Roland and Marie parted company under relatively good terms...you would think this would have to have been the case if Roland's brother was going to welcome his ex-sister-in-law into his small family.

Whatever the story, Roland ended up living in Sydney, pursuing his photographic career and forming a relationship with another lady. Known as 'Lucy', her real name was Louise Grace Knight, and she also was listed as a photographer at the home they shared together at 52 View Street, Woollahra.Their house was named 'Chetwynd', and they lived there together until Roland's death.
Roland's family didn't seem to be over-fond of Lucy, from what I can make out...Gordon Oakley mentioned that there was resentment in the family amongst Roland's sisters when, upon Roland's death, Lucy was left the sole beneficiary of his will. This was despite Roland promising his sisters that he would 'not forget them' in his will.
Gordon also mentioned that Roland never openly displayed affection towards Lucy in the presence of his family, yet two poems that he wrote for Lucy suggested that he adored her. One reads:
"My Lucy once had nut-brown hair,
Once Lucy's hands were soft and fair,
And diamonds gleamed within her eyes,
Flashing the vision of a paradise.

The hands are not as soft today,
The silken hair has turned to grey.
On Life's rough waters, tossed and swirled,
She battles with a sordid world.

But in those eyes still lives a light
That shines and makes the world seem bright.
Still through the mists her face I see-
The sweetest face on earth to me!"

Roland enjoyed writing poetry- a Hughan trait- and several original poems will be reproduced in this blog in the near future.

Gordon's memories of 'Uncle Ro' also involve remembering him as a bit of an old rogue. In his later years, Roland insisted that he was almost blind, and required an escort during the long walks that he loved to take. Roland employed the services of young Gordon Oakley on one such stroll alongside the Murray River lagoons at Mulwala, and Gordon remembers him forgetting to uphold his blindness guise when he paused to exclaim over the beauty of the reflections on the water!

Roland Oakley/Oakleigh Bishop died on February 15, 1946 (63 years ago today!), at the age of 79 years.Initially, his family could find no will. Lucy came forward with a will that had been made in 1933, and which named her as sole beneficiary of Roland's 5,322 pound estate. According to Gordon Oakley, the family were furious and initially planned to contest the will, but the idea was eventually dropped and Roland's 'Lu' received everything.
Lucy lived for another year after Roland's death. She died at Woollahra in 1947, aged 65. I have not been able to find any information at all about Lucy's background. Her age at death as given on her death certificate puts her year of birth as c. 1882, making her about 16 years younger than Roland.

POSTSCRIPT: I have since obtained the death certificate of 'Lucy' Knight, and it explains why I couldn't locate her birth in Australia or England...she was born in India to a father who was serving in the Army!
   Unfortunately, her death certificate didn't provide many concrete details. The informant was a man named Alfred Joseph Loves, who gave his address as 52 View Street, which was the same as Lucy's and Roland's home. I think that this house may have been home to several occupants during the time that Roland and Lucy lived there, as apart from Alfred Loves there were other families named in the Sydney Morning Herald as having lived there ( for example, Daisy Mary Bryant died in January 1945 and her home was given as 52 View Street, Wollahra...electoral rolls for 1943 show that Eve Grace Bryant, dressmaker, was also living there). An advertisement placed in the SMH on October 14, 1953, reads:
"Under instructions from the Public Trustee, estate of L.G Knight, deceased. Woollahra Part Vacant Possession, 52 View Street. Double-fronted, two storeyed brick house. V. P of three furnished rooms and kit. Other rooms to let furnished at 286 pounds per annum. Land: 40 feet X 129 ft 8 inches. Title: Torrens. Opportunity to obtain V.P residence and income.- H.E Vaughan & Son."
  So...it appears that Roland and Lucy owned 52 View Street and supplemented their income by renting out rooms.They appear together living at 52 View Street in the 1930 Sands Street Directory:
Miss L. Knight & R. Bishop. The address is located on the north side of View Street, between Adelaide and Bathurst Streets,

 The details on Lucy's death certificate are as follows:

Died April 4, 1847, 52 View Street, Woollahra.
Grace Louise Knight
Female, 65 years.
Cause of death: Cerebral thrombosis, 2 days duration. Medical attendant: Allan V. Smith (registered); last saw deceased 4th April 1947.
Father: - Knight, Army Officer. Mother not known.
Informant: Certified by Alfred Joseph Loves, no relation, 52 View Street, Woollahra.
Burial details: Delivered to the Crematorium. Northern Suburbs, 5 April, 1947, There cremated April 5, 1947.
Minister: Alfred Venn, Church of England. Witnesses: C.E Cook; C.J Houghton; Harry C Fraser.
Born: In India. 60 years in Australian states."