Complex sentence: On 1 January 1895 Etheridge was appointed curator of the Australian Museum, and in his hands the collection was much enriched and better displayed, and he initiated the "Records of the Australian Museum".
Split into simpler sentences: On 1 January 1895 Etheridge was appointed curator of the Australian Museum, and in his hands the collection was much enriched and better displayed. He initiated the "Records of the Australian Museum".