Yarra City Council Considers Not Repairing Heavily Damaged Captain Cook Statue
The statue was toppled and vandalised with red paint on the weekend.
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
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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