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Today I heard the sad news of the passing of Russell Goldfield Jack, founder of the Golden Dragon Museum (@goldendragonmuseum) in Bendigo in central Victoria and a pillar of the Chinese Australian community.
I had the honour of meeting Mr Jack in the early 2000s when my family visited the Museum. He took time out to show us around the museum while talking about his upbringing and some of the work he had done for the local Chinese community. He was kind, courteous, and very sincere.
Unfortunately I did not get another opportunity to visit the Museum. However, I am aware of the 2025 book Saving Dragons: The Life and Times of Russell Goldfield (Louey Yeung Man) by freelance journalist Dianne Dempsey via Australian Scholarly Publishing (@australian_scholarly).
With “Louey” being his Chinese family name, Mr Jack’s Chinese personal name “Yeung Man” literally means “become famous”. It conveys much of the expectation his family had had, for him to serve the Chinese communities across Australia, to make his people proud. He did both, and his people, all of us Australians, are proud of him.
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Voices under the Sun 陽光下的聲音 