William Christie Gosse (1842–1881), explorer, was born in Hertfordshire, England and migrated to Australia with his father in 1850. In 1859 he entered the Government service of South Australia. He held various positions in the survey department, including Deputy Surveyor-General. He died on August 12, 1881.
Although Gosse's exploration was not groundbreaking he filled in many details in the central map. He named the Musgrave Ranges and was able correctly to lay down the position of some of the discoveries of Ernest Giles. On 19 July 1873 he reached Uluṟu and gave it the European name Ayers Rock.[1] William Gosse's descendants include former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer.
In 1976 he was honoured on a postage stamp bearing his portrait issued by Australia Post [1].
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