Complex sentence: On a follow-up expedition to Coopers Creek in 1862, Howitt recovered the bodies of Burke and Wills for burial in Melbourne as well as collecting botanical specimens in north-eastern South Australia, south-western Queensland and western New South Wales.
Split into simpler sentences: On a follow-up expedition to Coopers Creek in 1862, Howitt recovered the bodies of Burke and Wills for burial in Melbourne. Howitt collected botanical specimens during his expeditions in north-eastern South Australia, south-western Queensland and western New South Wales.