Complex sentence: Middlemount, like many other mining towns in Queensland virtually sprung up overnight in the early 1980s; this means that the houses are all almost identical, in this instance there are three types of houses; lowset L-shaped, lowset square and highset.
Split into simpler sentences: Middlemount, like many other mining towns in Queensland virtually sprung up overnight in the early 1980. Most of the houses are almost identical, in this instance there are three types of houses; lowset L-shaped, lowset square and highset.