Complex sentence: He worked as a stockman at Hilton Station and a mailman at Cania before going into business as a storekeeper at Cania, Millchester and Charters Towers, before settling in Gladstone in 1880.
Split into simpler sentences: He worked as a stockman at Hilton Station and a mailman at Cania before going into business as a storekeeper. After operating stores at Cania, Millchester and Charters Towers, he settled in Gladstone in 1880.