Ratepayers to Foot $10,000 Bill to Repair Beheaded King George V Statue

‘The clean up alone is about $10,000 and that’s before we get to the cost of repairing and reinstating the statue.’

A beheaded statue of King George V is seen in Kings Domain, Melbourne, Australia on June 10, 2024. AAP Image/Rachael Ward

Melbourne ratepayers will bear the cost of repairing a beheaded monument of King George V, as a statue of Captain Cook that was hacked off at the ankles is restored.

The statue in Kings Domain on Linlithgow Avenue was targeted by anti-colonial activists between Sunday evening (June 9) and the early hours of the King’s Birthday public holiday on Monday.