Kogarah, NSW
Revealed in 2011 in the town square, this 2-metre bronze statue was like a lightning rod for complaints from its unveiling. Kogarah, in the shadow of Sydney Airport in Australia, is a sister city with Shunde, China which boasts long-lost connections with Lee’s family. Shunde donated the statue to Kogarah and the Sydney suburb offered a boomerang and a rugby jersey in return. In the face of loud complaints, the local council was stuck between honouring its sister-city relationship with Shunde and appeasing the angry local residents who wanted someone more relevant to the area to be memorialised. The council found a solution by renaming a local park “Shunde Gardens”, putting Bruce Lee’s statue there and hoping for no more protests.
WATCH: Kogarah’s local council unveils the statue of Bruce Lee
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