Big Brother of Christmas Island

Twenty years ago a harddrinking 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 Islands Chinese cemetery to pay tribute to Bennett as they would to their honoured ancestors Big Brother of Christmas Island tells the moving story of how the legend of the Tai Ko Seng was born