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The Chung Gon family are a family of long-standing in the Chinese tin-mining communities of north-east Tasmania in the late 19th & early 20th centuries. They were later shopkeepers in Launceston and were friends of Maa/Chinn family.
Sources used to compile this entry: Museum of Chinese Australian History collection.
Prepared by: Paul Macgregor, independent researcher
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Published Resources
Book Sections
- Macgregor, Paul, 'Dreams of Jade and Gold', in Epstein, Anna (ed.), The Australian Family: Images and Essays, Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 25-35. Details
Newspaper Articles
- ''The Mercury' goes to a Chinese christening dinner', The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania), 20 January, p. 16. Details
Webpages
- 'Briefing of the early Chinese history in north east Tasmania', Chung-gon family website. Also available at http://www.chung-gon.com/brief.htm. Details
Online Resources
- James Chung Gon 1855-1952, http://www.chung-gon.com/index-standard.htm. Details
See also
- Atkinson, Anne, Fong, Sydney (1878 - 1955), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, 196 pp, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140210b.htm. Details
- Cassidy, Jill, Chung Gon, James (1854 - 1952), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, 426 pp, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130467b.htm. Details
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- Chung Gon family eating a Chinese-style christening banquet 1
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- c. 20 January 1944
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- Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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- Chung Gon family eating a Chinese-style christening banquet 2
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- c. 20 January 1944
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- Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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- Chung Gon family gather around as Mrs Edward Chung Gon helps her son Edward James Joseph (Kwok-weng) Chung Gon cut his christening cake
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- c. 20 January 1944
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- Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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- Edward ('Teddy') Chung Gon, his father Mr Chung Gon, Tue Gee Chinn with two friends on either side
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Family group including members of the Chung Gon family
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- Mrs Edward Chung Gon and her daughter Mei-ling holding Edward James Joseph Chung Gon
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- c. 20 January 1944
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- Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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- Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn (?), Tue Gee Chinn, Mr Chung Gon (senior), with other unidentified friends
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Dorris ('Dorrie') Chung Gon, daughter of Joseph Chung Gon, and her cousin in Launceston
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- Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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- Dorris ('Dorrie') Chung Gon, her father Joseph Chung Gon and friend
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- Edward ('Teddy') Chung Gon and his children
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- Edward James Joseph Chung Gon being held by his mother with guests looking on
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- c. 20 January 1944
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- Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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- Edward, Gladys and daughter Mei-Ling Chung Gon dine with James Chung Gon
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- c. 25 July 1942
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- Australia - Tasmania - Sandy Bay
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- Frank (Tung Foo) Chinn (with flowers, possibly second from left) and friends at a picnic in Melbourne.
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- James Chung Gon holding Edward James Joseph Chung Gon
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- c. 20 January 1944
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- Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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- Wedding of Edward Chung Gon and Gladys Sym Choon, in 1939
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- 1939
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- Australia - South Australia - Adelaide
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- Wedding of Sam Chung Gon and Queenie in Sydney
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- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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Created: 17 March 2003, Last modified: 1 September 2008
