Randwick Council in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has announced it will not remove a statue of Captain James Cook that was vandalised with red graffiti, and will instead, undertake repair work despite calls in some quarters for the eradication of effigies of colonial figures.
Council Votes Not to Remove Vandalised Statue of Colonial Figure
Yet the Randwick City Council’s own mayor said she supported the removal of statues that ’stand as a symbol and reminder of colonial oppression.’
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Randwick City Council said they will reinstate the Captain Cook stature despite calls from their Mayor to remove it. Courtesy of Randwick City Council
By Jim Birchall
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Jim Birchall
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Jim Birchall has written and edited for several regional New Zealand publications. He was most recently the editor of the Hauraki Coromandel Post.
