Gordon Bennett (union organiser)

Gordon Bennett (known locally as Tai Ko Seng [Big Brother Who Delivers]) (died 1989 or 1991) was an English-born labour 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 marginalised Chinese and Malay labourers on the island.[1]

Bennet died in 1989, and was buried in the island's Chinese cemetery, where his grave became a site of reverence, with offering of liquor and cigarettes left for him by Chinese and Malay residents.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Arron Wood (2010). Billabong Boy. New Holland Publishers (AU). pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-921655-59-3.
  2. ↑ Mark Dapin (1 November 2008). Strange Country. Pan Macmillan Australia. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-1-74262-368-9.