Richard Gallop (9 September 1808 – 1899) was among the first European settlers to arrive in the newly established

Swan River Colony The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just ''Swan River'', was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, an ...

of Western Australia. He landed there on 6 October 1829 aboard the ship , accompanied by his brothers James and Edward. They were recruited as agricultural labourers from the English village of

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in West Sussex, and were indentured to work for Colonel Peter Latour for seven years.

Biography

Gallop married Margaret Drew in November 1842. They had six children: Richard (born 1843), Mary (born 1846), Anne (born 1848), Thomas (born 1851), John (born 1854) and Walter Edward Joseph (born 1857). Gallop established a market garden, an orchard and a vineyard on land he purchased on Brisbane Street in

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, and became a member of the Perth Horticultural Society in 1875. He was included in the list of 100 most influential West Australian business leaders (1829–2013) published in ''

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'' newspaper, for his contribution to the development of agriculture in Western Australia. Gallop is the great-great-uncle of

Geoff Gallop Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951) is an Australian academic and former politician who served as the 27th premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. He is currently a professor and director of the Graduate School of Government at ...

, Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006.

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