William Gosse

William Christie Gosse (11 December 1842–12 August 1881) was an Australian explorer. Biography Gosse was born on 11 December 1842 in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England and immigrated to Australia with his father William Gosse, a medical doctor, in 1850. He was educated at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution and in 1859 he entered the Government service of the colony of South Australia. He held various positions in the survey department, including Deputy Surveyor-General. Death and legacy Gosse died of a heart attack on 12 August 1881, aged 38, after a long illness. Although Gosse's exploration was not groundbreaking, he filled in many details in the central Australia map. He named the Musgrave Ranges and was able correctly to lay down the position of some of the discoveries of Ernest Giles.