Complex sentence: Pearce was born in Sydney, Australia into a family with sporting pedigree, with his great-grandfather having emigrated from England in 1850 and settling in Double Bay, in Sydney's inner east district, where he worked as fisherman and ran a boatshed.
Split into simpler sentences: Pearce was born in Sydney, Australia into a family with sporting pedigree. His great-grandfather emigrated from England in 1850 and settling in Double Bay, in Sydney's inner east district, where he worked as fisherman and ran a boatshed.