# Russell Jack > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russell_Jack > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russell_Jack.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Jack > Source revision: 1288390410 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Founder and Director Golden Dragon Museum}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2013}} '''Russell Goldfield Jack''' [AM](/source/Order_of_Australia) ({{zh|s=é›·æšć}}; born 13 January 1935) is the founder of the [Golden Dragon Museum](/source/Golden_Dragon_Museum). Russell was born in [Bendigo, Victoria](/source/Bendigo%2C_Victoria), Australia, to [herbalist](/source/Herbalism), Harry Louey Jack and Gladys May. He attended Long Gully Primary School and Bendigo Technical College. He went to work on the [Victorian Railways](/source/Victorian_Railways) 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 [Member of the Order of Australia](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_Australia) in the [1993 Queen's Birthday Honours](/source/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](/source/1956_Melbourne_Olympics) and the [2000 Sydney Olympics](/source/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](/source/Bendigo_Chinese_Association) for most of his life and served as president for 32 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/358908/russell-jacks-legacy-will-be-remembered-fondly/ |title=Russell Jack's legacy will be remembered fondly |publisher=Bendigo Advertiser |date=2012-09-26 |accessdate=2016-01-20}}{{Cite web|title=About BCA – Bendigo Chinese Association Inc.|url=http://bendigochinese.org.au/about-bca/|access-date=2020-06-28|website=bendigochinese.org.au}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jack, Russell}} Category:1935 births Category:Living people Category:Australian people of Chinese descent --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Russell Jack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Jack) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Jack?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.