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Russell Goldfield Jack AM (; born 13 January 1935) is the founder of the Golden Dragon Museum. Russell was born in
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, Australia, to
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, Harry Louey Jack and Gladys May. He attended Long Gully Primary School and Bendigo Technical College. He went to work on the
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as a boilermaker and also ran a Chinese restaurant. On 18 October 1958, he married Margaret Joan Clarke, with whom he had two children, David and Anita Jack.


Awards and recognition

He has received numerous awards for his work within the Bendigo Chinese community and with the Golden Dragon Museum. He was named Victorian Senior Citizen of the Year in 1998. In 1993, Russell was gazetted as a
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in the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours list for preservation of Bendigo's Chinese heritage. He carried the Olympic torch through Bendigo for both the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2008 he received an Award for Meritorious Service in the Community, Victorian Awards for Excellence in Multicultural Affairs. He has been involved with the Bendigo Chinese Association for most of his life and served as president for 32 years.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jack, Russell 1935 births Living people Australian people of Chinese descent