Gosse, South Australia

Gosse South Australia
Gosse
Coordinates	35°47′39″S 136°58′47″E / 35.79415°S 136.979590°ECoordinates: 35°47′39″S 136°58′47″E / 35.79415°S 136.979590°E
Population	407 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Vivonne Bay”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established	1961[2]
Postcode(s)	5223[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	175 km (109 mi) south-west of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council[2]
State electorate(s)	Finniss[4]
Federal Division(s)	Mayo[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.1 °C ^72 °F 11.5 °C ^53 °F 534.0 mm ^21 in
Suburbs around Gosse: De Mole River[6] De Mole River Western River[6] Middle River[6] Cape Borda Flinders Chase[6] Gosse Duncan Newland[6] Flinders Chase[6] Karatta[6] Newland[6]
Footnotes	Distances[3] Coordinates[2] Climate[7]

Gosse is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 175 kilometres (109 mi) south-west of the Adelaide city centre.^[3] The locality includes a part of the Hundred of Gosse which was proposed as the site of a soldier settlement town during the 1950s. A site was surveyed in June 1961 and gazetted as a government town in September 1961 with the name Gosse which is derived from Sir James Hay Gosse who had an interest in native fauna and flora conservation on Kangaroo Island and whose father, William Gosse, is remembered in the naming of the Hundred of Gosse. The locality’s boundaries which include the former government town of Gosse were created in May 2002.^{[8][2][9][10]} The major land uses within the locality includes conservation and primary production with the former land use consisting of land within the boundaries of the Flinders Chase National Park.^[11][6] The Playford Highway passes through Gosse.^[6] Gosse is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.^[5][4][2]

See also

• Gosse (disambiguation)

References

Notes

1. For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Vivonne Bay’ consisted of the localities of Cape Borda, De Mole River, Duncan, Flinders Chase, Gosse, Karatta, Middle River, Newland, Stun’sail Boom, Vivonne Bay and Western River.

Citations

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Vivonne Bay". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
2. "Search result for "Gosse (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0027114)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
3. "Gosse, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
4. "District of Finniss Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
5. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
6. "Search result for "Gosse (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0027114) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas" and "Hundreds"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE BORDA". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
8. "Proposed K.I. Settlement". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 96, (29,720). South Australia. 14 January 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 9 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Search result for "Gosse " (Record no SA0045867) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Government Towns"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
10. Gosse, Fayette. "Gosse, Sir James Hay (1876–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
11. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 267–273. Retrieved 8 March 2016.