"The Captain Cook statue, which also stands in the gardens, has been damaged by what appears to be an attempt to remove the head," a police spokesman said. "I don't believe they had enough time to ...

Other statues were also the apparent target of anti-colonial activists last year, including a statue of Captain James Cook ...

A statue of Captain Cook and his family's 18th century home ... when the heads were removed from from the busts of former Labor leaders Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd, and 18 other statues were ...

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The Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens have ... dark clothing and used “possibly an angle grinder to try to remove the head of Captain Cook”. “They didn’t have enough ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens has been vandalised again, just weeks after being reinstalled after repairs.

Almost a year to the day since the statue of Captain Cook was toppled in Fitzroy Gardens ... vandals spray-painted various slogans over Cooks’ Cottage and attempted to removed the head of the statue, ...

Spray paint was quickly removed from Cooks’ cottage on Tuesday ... “Our security team observed Cook’s Cottage and the Captain Cook statue being damaged early on Tuesday morning – and ...

Police are investigating after vandals attempted to behead a statue of Captain Cook just two weeks after it was reinstalled in East Melbourne. It is believed two offenders spray-painted the 18th ...

The graffiti on the cottage has been removed, but cut marks remain on ... by Sir Russell Grimwade in 1934. Another statue of Captain Cook was splashed with red paint and had its hand and nose ...

Captain cook statue vandalised “The community has a ... The graffiti, which police described as “anti-Cook comments”, was removed swiftly by the council on Tuesday morning.