A memorial for controversial colonial figure John Batman at Queen Victoria Market was also damaged in January. And a statue of Captain Cook was sawn off at the ankles while a monument to Queen ...

The Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens ... The damage follows a spate of vandalism on colonial statues across Victoria, including the beheading of the statues of two former prime ...

It is believed two offenders spray-painted the 18th-century English cottage and damaged the bronze statue in Fitzroy Gardens ...

A bronze statue of Captain James Cook has been returned to its spot in Fitzroy Gardens close to a year after it was toppled in an act of vandalism. The cost to repair the damage and return the ...

NewsWire/ David Crosling A Victoria Police spokesman said the hut was defaced with various “anti-Cook” comments. The paint has since been cleaned off the cottage. The statue of Captain Cook ...

Sky News host James Macpherson discusses how the Captain Cook statue in Melbourne has been attacked again. “A Captain Cook statue in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens has been attacked just weeks ...

A Victoria Police spokesman said the hut was defaced with various “anti-Cook” comments. The paint has since been cleaned off the cottage. The statue of Captain Cook also stands in the gardens ...