Complex sentence: On 1 January 1936 she succeeded Chapman as palaeontologist in the Department of the Interior; she transferred to Canberra to be in contact with the Commonwealth's geological adviser Walter George Woolnough.
Split into simpler sentences: On 1 January 1936 she succeeded Chapman as a palaeontologist in the Department of the Interior. She transferred to Canberra to be in contact with the Commonwealth's geological adviser Walter George Woolnough.