Complex sentence: Edward Davy Wedge (1777-1852) was an early colonist in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District, and brother of the surveyor and explorer John Helder Wedge.
Split into simpler sentences: Edward Davy Wedge (1777-1852) colonist in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District. Wedge was the brother of the surveyor and explorer John Helder Wedge.