{{Short description|Chinese-Tasmanian businessman (1854–1952)}} {{Infobox person | name = James Chung Gon | birth_place = Xinhui, Guangdong, Qing Empire | birth_date = {{Birth date|1854|07|23}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|02|23|1854|07|23}} | death_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | native_name = 鍾潤 | native_name_lang = zh | pronunciation = Chung Gon | birth_name = | other_names = 鍾潮孔 | occupation = Chinese-Australian storekeeper, tin miner, market gardener and Baptist lay leader | module2 = {{Infobox Chinese |child = yes | headercolor = #ff7f50 | t = 鍾潤 | s = 钟润 | p = Zhōng Rùn | w = | j = {{Jpingauto|Zung1 Jeon6}} | altname = Chung Chu-Kong | t2 = 鍾潮孔 | s2 = 钟潮孔 | p2 = Zhōng Cháokǒng | j2 = {{Jpingauto|Zung1 Ciu4Hung2}} }} }}
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'''James Chung Gon''', (23 July 1854{{spaced ndash}}23 February 1952) was a Chinese Australian storekeeper, tin miner, market gardener, and Baptist lay preacher in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, who became the leader of the Tasmanian Chinese community by the time of his death at 97, and was instrumental in organising the removal of the Weldborough joss house to the Victoria Museum in Launceston in the 1930s.<ref name="tcth_chinese">{{cite book |title=The Companion to Tasmanian History |editor1-last=Alexander |editor1-first= Alison |year=2005 |publisher=Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania |isbn=1-86295-223-X |chapter=Chinese Community |chapter-url=https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Chinese.htm |url=http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/ |oclc=61888464 |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="adb">{{Cite AuDB|id2=chung-gon-james-9745|year=1979|title=James Chung Gon (1854–1952)|last=Cassidy|first=Jill|volume=13|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="gr">{{cite journal |title=China in the Tasmanian Imaginary - Tin Dragons and Smoke Screens|issn = 1448-2924|url = https://www.griffithreview.com/articles/china-in-the-tasmanian-imaginary/|author = Cassandra Pybus|journal = Griffith Review|number = 39|publisher = Griffith University in conjunction with Text Pub.|location = South Brisbane, Australia|year = 2013|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="cyclop">{{cite book |title=The Tasmanian Cyclopedia |year=1931 |publisher=The Service Publishing Company |chapter=Edward Chung Gon |pages = 199|location = Tasmania, Australia}}</ref><ref name="jca">{{cite journal |title=Decoding historical scripts in Chinese: The Tasmanian Chungs from Xinhui|issn = 1832-5823|url=http://131.172.16.7/jca/issue02/14WuGao.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070702233238/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/50815/20070628-0000/131.172.16.7/jca/issue02/14WuGao.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-07-02|author = Wu Qianlong and Mobo Gao|journal = Journal of Chinese Australia|number = 2|publisher = Journal of Chinese Australia Editorial Committee|location = Bundoora, Australia|year = 2006|access-date=8 February 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27081603|title = CHINESE PATRIARCH DIES IN HIS 98th YEAR|pages = 4|date = 25 February 1952|newspaper = The Mercury |location = Hobart, Australia|via = National Library of Australia|access-date = 11 February 2020}}</ref>
His funeral procession in 1952 was observed by hundreds of mourners lining the road, and his pallbearers included a Tasmanian Government Minister and the Mayor of Launceston.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52849080|title = Many Honour Late Mr. Chung Gon|date = 26 February 1952|pages = 4|newspaper = The Examiner|location = Launceston, Australia|via = National Library of Australia|access-date = 11 February 2020}}</ref>
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