The City of Yarra decided to get rid of the granite monument from Edinburgh Gardens after vandals repeatedly targeted it and ...

A contentious Captain Cook memorial that has been the target of repeated vandalism is set to be scrapped. The City of Yarra on Tuesday voted unanimously to remove the statue, which stands at the ...

Yarra City Council announced on Wednesday it would not restore the bronze and granite monument to avoid further repair costs ...

A contentious Captain Cook memorial in Melbourne that has been the target of repeated vandalism is set to be scrapped.

Some say removing colonial statues would erase our heritage. Others say the statues are violent symbols that uphold a myth that there was nothing here before British colonisation. We meet the people ...

A statue of Captain Cook, repeatedly targeted by vandals, has sparked debate among leaders after a council voted to remove it due to the high cost of its upkeep. The City of Yarra, which covers ...

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An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalised monument to renowned British explorer ...

Statues and monuments to the 18th-century ... Jolly said a local branch of the Captain Cook Society, an international group that celebrates the explorer, has offered to preserve the bronze plaques.

A similar statue of Captain Cook was hacked off in St Kilda last year. The council will explore an “appropriate institution to take ownership” of the monument.

“It would be ongoing … how can we justify that?” The Captain Cook statue at Catani Gardens in St Kilda was damaged last year. Source: Instagram The memorial has been vandalised several times ...