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Yarra City Council Considers Not Repairing Heavily Damaged Captain Cook Statue

The statue was toppled and vandalised with red paint on the weekend.
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Yarra City Council Considers Not Repairing Heavily Damaged Captain Cook Statue
The remnants of a Captain Cook statue in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 25, 2024. A Captain Cook statue in Melbourne has been hacked off at the ankles the day before Australia Day. AAP Image/Diego Fedele
Monica O’Shea
Monica O’Shea
1/29/2024|Updated: 1/30/2024
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The Yarra City Council in Melbourne is considering not repairing a statue of explorer Captain James Cook, which was destroyed just after Australia Day.

This comes after the statue was found broken on the ground in Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy North, covered in red graffiti.

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Monica O’Shea
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Monica O’Shea is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked as a reporter for Motley Fool Australia, Daily Mail Australia, and Fairfax Regional Media. She can be reached at monica.o'[email protected]
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