Complex sentence: He visited England in 1860 and by 1864 had a property in the Riverina; but bad seasons in 1866 and 1868 compelled Browne to give up squatting, and in 1871 he became a police magistrate and goldfields commissioner.
Split into simpler sentences: He visited England in 1860 and by 1864 had a property in the Riverina. However, bad seasons in 1866 and 1868 compelled Browne to give up squatting, and in 1871 he became a police magistrate and goldfields commissioner.