1881, p. 4, col. C On 6 December at Platt Hall, Lee served as celebrity auctioneer at a function tasked with raising money for the construction of a home for veterans. Over Christmas week at the Bush Street Theatre Lee played the title role in Planché's musical extravaganza, Fortunio and His Seven Gifted Servants. Fortunio closed early on 9 January 1882 and after a farewell benefit show a month later at Baldwin's Theatre, Lee and Burnett sailed for Australia.Baldwin's Theatre. Daily Evening Bulletin (San Francisco), 9 February 1882, p. 4, col. E Lee opened with Jo on 29 April 1882 at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne and was an immediate success with a near record run of five months that was followed by three months at the Theatre Royal, Sydney. Performing Jo, The Grasshopper, adapted by Burnett from La Cigale by Halévy and Meilhac, and other productions, Lee went on to play at venues at Hobart, Dunedin, Christchurch, Invercargill, Wellington and Auckland. She eventually returned to Sydney for an engagement at the Opera House before making additional stops at Adelaide, Hobart and Melbourne. Lee would return to Australia on at least three occasions between 1887 and 1908 and would continue to appear in revivals of Jo in Britain and elsewhere for many years. Lee eventually chose to retire around 1911. Theatre in Melbourne, 1882. Retrieved 23 January 2014 Personal life Lee's long-time husband was John Pringle Burnett, an actor and playwright born in Midlothian, Scotland around 1846. In their productions of Jo, Burnett was usually seen in the role of Inspector Bucket. The couple had a daughter and son born in London in 1878 and 1880. Joan, their first child, was a promising young actress with a gift of mimicry. She died, a victim of tuberculosis, in March 1908 not long after arriving in Australia to play Peter Pan. John was killed during the First World War; possibly the John Burnett who fell on 12 October 1916 during a skirmish near the French-Belgium border. Lee's husband died the following year.Jennie Lee, Veteran Actress, Passes Away. Lowell Sun, 3 May 1930, p. 18 Sometime after the loss of her family Lee fell into financial difficulties and spent her final years receiving support from the newly established King George's Pension Fund for Actors. On 7 February 1921, Lee briefly emerged from retirement to perform a scene from Jo'' at a fund raising event