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Gosse Location in South Australia
Population	407 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Vivonne Bay”) (2011 census)
Established	1961
Postcode(s)	5223
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	175 km (109 mi) south-west of Adelaide
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island
County	Carnarvon
State electorate(s)	Mawson
Federal Division(s)	Mayo
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 De Mole River Middle River Cape Borda Flinders Chase Gosse Duncan Newland Flinders Chase Karatta Newland
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Gosse is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 175 kilometres (109 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide city centre.

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.

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.

The Playford Highway passes through Gosse.

Gosse is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.