John Henry Gregory

John Henry Gregory was born in England in 1784.

He married Mary Dorman at Saint Marys, Portsea, Hampshire, England in 1815. John migrated to the new Swan River colony in 1830 aboard the Warrior, with his young family. Allotment Y on the Swan River between Perth and Guildford was chosen by Gregory in the 1830s. The area became known as Pineapple Bay, because Gregory managed to grow a pineapple, that he had reportedly brought with him from England.

Gregory created the Pineapple Inn on Guildford Road and sold it in 1839. In 1840, the Pineapple Inn and adjacent farms were advertised for lease. John Gregory passed away, aged 72 years, in 1866.