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William Christie Gosse (1842 – 1881), explorer, was born in Hertfordshire, England. He came to Australia with his father in 1850, and in 1859 entered the Government service of South Australia. He held various positions in the survey department, and including Deputy Surveyor-General. He died on August 12th, 1881.

Although Gosse's exploration did not add any important new features, he filled in many details in the central map, and was able correctly to lay down the position of some of the discoveries of Ernest Giles.

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