The town was originally known as Mosman — the name was changed to avoid confusion with the Sydney suburb of Mosman.
Dr. Judith Mossman (voiced by Michelle Forbes) first appears briefly in Red Letter Day, in which she is attempting to stabilize Gordon Freeman's damaged teleportation.
He was consecrated on 6 March 1879, with the religious title 'Mar Theophilus I', by Richard Williams Morgan, of the Ancient British Church, with the assistance of the following bishops Frederick George Lee, John Thomas Seccombe, and Thomas Wimberley Mossman; the latter three were bishops in the Order of Corporate Reunion, an independent association promoting the reunion of Anglicans and other British Protestants with the Roman Catholic Church.
The greater glider is found in eucalypt forest from Mossman, Queensland, to Daylesford, Victoria.
Mossman's recent activity includes a Grammy nomination in 2013 for Best Instrumental Arrangement for his Afro-Latin Suite for Ellington recorded on Bobby Sanabria's "Multiverse" album.
In order to identify him more with the audience, Mossman was given the semi-Japanese name "Taiyō Kea" (from taiyo, sun, and the Polynesian word kea).
It is found in a small area of tropical vine forest from Paluma (near Townsville) to Mount Spurgeon (near Mossman) in northeastern Queensland, Australia.