Complex sentence: The site of Bourke was first reached by British settlers in the 1820s and the town originally called Prattenville, was later named after Governor Richard Bourke of New South Wales in the 1830s.
Split into simpler sentences: The site of Bourke was first reached by British settlers in the 1820s and the town originally called Prattenville. It was later named after Governor Richard Bourke of New South Wales in the 1830s.