Big Brother of Christmas Island

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 57 min
  • Premiere: 1999. January 1.

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 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.

Discover

John Stanton

Narrator (voice)

Gordon Bennett

Himself (archive footage)

Camera

Ian Pugsley

Director of Photography

Directing

Mathew Kelley

Director

Editing

Production

Peter Du Cane

Producer

Sound

Laurie Chlanda

Sound Recordist

Writing

Camera

Ian Pugsley

Director of Photography

Directing

Mathew Kelley

Director

Editing

Production

Peter Du Cane

Producer

Sound

Laurie Chlanda

Sound Recordist

Writing