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Chung Gon Family (extended)

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    Back row, L-R: Edward ('Teddy') Chung Gon, his father Mr Chung Gon. Front row middle: Tue Gee Chinn with two friends on either side. Melbourne
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    Includes members of the Chung Gon family
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    L-R: Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn (?uncertain), Tue Gee Chinn, unknown, unknown, Mr Chung Gon (senior), unknown.
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    Dorris ('Dorrie') Chung Gon (left), daughter of Joseph Chung Gon, and her cousin in Launceston
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    Dorris ('Dorrie') Chung Gon, her father Joseph Chung Gon and friend, courtesy of Contact print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    Edward ('Teddy') Chung Gon and two of his children, courtesy of Contact print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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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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    Wedding of Edward Chung Gon and Gladys Sym Choon, in 1939, c. 1939
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    Wedding of Sam Chung Gon in Sydney. 3rd from right is Mr Chung Gon, senior, the groom's father
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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

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

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Images

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Chung Gon family eating a Chinese-style christening banquet 1
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Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Chung Gon family eating a Chinese-style christening banquet 2
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
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
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Title
Edward ('Teddy') Chung Gon, his father Mr Chung Gon, Tue Gee Chinn with two friends on either side
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Family group including members of the Chung Gon family
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Photograph
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Mrs Edward Chung Gon and her daughter Mei-ling holding Edward James Joseph Chung Gon
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Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
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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Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Dorris ('Dorrie') Chung Gon, daughter of Joseph Chung Gon, and her cousin in Launceston
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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Dorris ('Dorrie') Chung Gon, her father Joseph Chung Gon and friend
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Photograph
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Edward ('Teddy') Chung Gon and his children
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Photograph
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Edward James Joseph Chung Gon being held by his mother with guests looking on
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Edward, Gladys and daughter Mei-Ling Chung Gon dine with James Chung Gon
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 25 July 1942
Place
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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Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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James Chung Gon holding Edward James Joseph Chung Gon
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Wedding of Edward Chung Gon and Gladys Sym Choon, in 1939
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Photograph
Date
1939
Place
Australia - South Australia - Adelaide
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Wedding of Sam Chung Gon and Queenie in Sydney
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Photograph
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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