W. C. Gosse's Explorations is a compiled journal of Gosse's experiences adventuring through West Australia. Excerpt: "Sir—I have the honor to enclose, for the information of the Honorable the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration, diary and map of my exploration, also to report that leaving the Alice Springs, April 21st, with a party consisting of four white men, three Afghans, and a black boy, I traveled along the telegraph line to latitude 22° 28' S., about forty miles south of Central Mount Stuart."