Complex sentence: Peeler was born at Barker's Creek, near Castlemaine, Victoria, on 9 August 1887, the eighth child of William Peeler, a farmer and miner, and his English-born wife Mary Ellen (née Scott).
Split into simpler sentences: Peeler was born at Barker's Creek, near Castlemaine, Victoria, on 9 August 1887. He was the eighth child of William Peeler, a farmer and miner, and his English-born wife Mary Ellen (née Scott).