Complex sentence: The locality of present-day Hillston was a crossing-place for stock on the Lachlan River and became known as "Redbank" (following the Wiradjuri name'Melnunni', meaning "red soil").
Split into simpler sentences: The locality of present-day Hillston was a crossing-place for stock on the Lachlan River. Later it became known as "Redbank" (following the Wiradjuri name'Melnunni', meaning "red soil").