Patricia Evelyn Gallaher OAM (1937 – 11 December 2014) was an Australian librarian who established the Randolph Stow Young Writers award and promoted the arts in regional parts of Western Australia.
[1] She emigrated to Australia and worked at the Defence Standards Laboratories in Alexandria, Sydney.
She held positions in Paraburdoo and Karratha, and then for 20 years as the regional librarian for the City of Geraldton (1981-2001).
[3] In 1987 Gallaher formed the Mid West regional chapter of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).
[3] She was interviewed on 28 October 2013 as part of the Library Board of Western Australia 60th anniversary project.