What is William Gosse?
[[Image:William Gosse.jpg|thumb|William Gosse]] '''William Christie Gosse''' (1842&ndash;12 August 1881) was an [[explorer]]. He was born in [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]. He moved to [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]] with his father in 1850.<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47092815 Obituary] ''South Australian Register'' 17 August 1881 Supplement p.2 accessed 10 February 2011</ref> Gosse was one of the first Europeans to explore [[central Australia]]. He spotted [[Uluru]] on 19 July 1873 and named it ''Ayers Rock'' after Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia. Gosse was not the only explorer in the region at the time. Due to the construction of the Overland telegraph Line, the area was opened up to exploring, and Ernest Giles was also looking for a path to the West. Giles failed on his first attempt and Gosse succeeded by following Giles original track.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/history.html |title=Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park: Park History |publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Water Resources|accessdate=2007-07-27 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070717142819/http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/history.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-07-17}}</ref><ref>[[Ernest Favenc]] (1908) [http://gutenberg.net.au/ausexplore2/0-favenc-online.html#chapter15 'William Christie Gosse'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201130320/http://gutenberg.net.au/ausexplore2/0-favenc-online.html#chapter15 |date=2012-02-01 }}, Section 4, Chapter 15, ''The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work'', Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd.</ref> Gosse died of a [[heart attack]] on 12 August 1881, aged 38, after being sick for a long time. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gosse, William}} [[Category:1842 births]] [[Category:1881 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:English explorers]] [[Category:People from Hertfordshire]]