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Monument to ‘Melbourne founder’ toppled, Anzac memorial defaced on eve of Australia Day
A monument memorialising Melbourne’s controversial ... about $15,000 in security measures to protect its oft-defaced Captain Cook statue at Catani Gardens in St Kilda. The statue, which was ...
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Monument to controversial ‘founder of Melbourne’ John Batman toppled on eve of Australia Day
A monument memorialising Melbourne’s controversial ... has invested about $15,000 in security measures to protect its oft-defaced Captain Cook statue at Catani Gardens in St Kilda in the days ...
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Snorkel at Captain Cook Monument
The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners.
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Indigenous rights activists protest as Australians mark anniversary of British colonization
Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day ... Australians because it marks the day that Captain James Cook landed in Sydney Cove and the beginning of the country's ...