Gordon Bennett (union organiser) explained

Gordon Bennett (known locally as Tai Ko Seng [''Big Brother Who Delivers'']) (1944–1991[1]) was an English-born labor advocate on Christmas Island. Bennet arrived on the island in 1979 to take a post as leader of the Union of Christmas Island Workers, where he worked for the wage and safety rights of marginalized Chinese and Malay laborers on the island.[2]

Bennet died in 1991, and was buried in the island's Chinese cemetery, where his grave became a site of reverence, with offerings of liquor and cigarettes left for him by the island's Chinese and Malay residents.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituaries | the West Announcements.
  2. Book: Arron Wood. Billabong Boy. 2010. New Holland Publishers (AU). 978-1-921655-59-3. 69–.
  3. Book: Mark Dapin. Strange Country. 1 November 2008. Pan Macmillan Australia. 978-1-74262-368-9. 86–.