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.
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