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Richard Gallop
Richard Gallop (9 Sept 1808 - 1899) was among the first European settlers to arrive in the newly established colony of Western Australia in 1829. He landed there on the 6th October aboard the ship Lotus, accompanied by his brothers James and Edward Gallop. They had been recruited as agricultural labourers from an English village named Sullington in West Sussex, and were indentured to work for Colonel Peter Latour for a period of seven years.

He married Margaret Drew in November 1842 and 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). He established a market garden, an orchard and vineyard on land he purchased on Brisbane St in Perth 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 The West Australian newspaper for his contribution to the development of agriculture in Western Australia.