William Gosse

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William Gosse was a 19th-century British-born Australian explorer best known for being the first European to document and name Uluru (then Ayers Rock) during his expeditions in central Australia.

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instanceOf Australian explorer
explorer
person
associatedWith South Australian Surveyor-General’s Department
birthDate 1842-12-11
birthPlace Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England
burialPlace North Road Cemetery, Adelaide
causeOfDeath congestion of the lungs
child Sir James Hay Gosse
continentOfExploration Australia
countryOfCitizenship Australia
United Kingdom
deathDate 1881-08-12
deathPlace Adelaide
surface form: Adelaide, South Australia
discoveredFeature Uluru
employer Government of South Australia
surface form: South Australian government
era 19th century
ethnicOrigin English
expeditionStartYear 1873
explorationGoal search for pastoral land in central Australia
explorationPartner Kamran (Afghan cameleer)
explorationPeriod 1870s
exploredRegion Central Australia
father William Gosse self-linksurface differs
surface form: William Gosse (surgeon)
knownFor being among the first Europeans to explore central Australia
first European to document Uluru
naming Uluru as Ayers Rock
language English
memorial Gosse Range in the Northern Territory
Gosse Street, Adelaide
migratedTo South Australia
name William Gosse self-linksurface differs
surface form: William Christie Gosse
namedFeature Uluru
surface form: Ayers Rock
namedFeatureAfter Sir Henry Ayers
nationality British
notableExpedition 1873 expedition into central Australia
notablePlaceVisited Lake Amadeus
MacDonnell Ranges
surface form: Mann Ranges

Musgrave Ranges
occupation explorer
surveyor
positionHeld assistant surveyor
surveyor in the South Australian Survey Department
religion Anglicanism
residence Adelaide
spouse Agnes Hay
usedTransport camels in central Australian exploration
workedOn surveys in South Australia

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Uluru namedBy William Gosse
William Gosse name William Gosse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: William Christie Gosse
William Gosse father William Gosse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: William Gosse (surgeon)