Complex sentence: The Chatsbury/Bungonia Bushfire of 1965 was a series of devastating bushfires that raged from March 5th to 14th 1965 (1) and destroyed the Southern Highlands, New South Wales villages of Tallong and Wingello as well as most of the surrounding orchards.
Split into simpler sentences: The Chatsbury/Bungonia Bushfire of 1965 was a series of bushfires that burned from March 5 to March 14,1965. The fires destroyed the Southern Highlands, New South Wales villages of Tallong, Wingello, and most of the surrounding orchards.