Big Brother of Christmas Island

Big Brother of Christmas Island 1999 Released

Directed by Mathew Kelley

Documentary · 57 min

 

Big Brother of Christmas Island 1999 Released

Directed by Mathew Kelley

Documentary · 57 min

 

Twenty years ago, a hard-drinking, fiery British immigrant called Gordon Bennett, came to the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island to become General Secretary of the Union of Christmas Island Workers. By the time he died in 1991, he was known as 'Tai Ko Seng' which, roughly translated, means "big brother who delivers". Every year since his death, people gather on 30 July at the Island's Chinese cemetery, to pay... see more

Twenty years ago, a hard-drinking, fiery British immigrant called Gordon Bennett, came to the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island to become General Secretary of the Union of Christmas Island Workers. By the time he died in 1991, he was known as 'Tai Ko Seng' which, roughly translated, means "big brother who delivers". Every year since his death, people gather on 30 July at the Island's Chinese cemetery, to pay... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1999
COUNTRY
US, AU
LANGUAGE
EN
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