Complex sentence: James Brown was born in East Fife, Scotland, and in company with his brother, Archibald, left Liverpool on the barque "Fairfield" on 1 November 1838, and after a wearisome voyage of 185 days arrived in South Australia on 4 May 1839.
Split into simpler sentences: James Brown was born in East Fife, Scotland, and in company with his brother, Archibald, left Liverpool on the barque "Fairfield" on 1 November 1838. After a wearisome voyage of 185 days they arrived in South Australia on 4 May 1839.