Captain Cook statue vandalised at Edinburgh Gardens in Melbourne
A Captain Cook monument in Melbourne has been defaced overnight following a string of vandalism attacks targeting the historical statue.
The words 'shame', 'destroy white supremacy' and 'stolen land' were spray-painted in white on the memorial at the Edinburgh Gardens in North Fitzroy.
A Captain Cook statue has been defaced in North Fitzroy. Nine
Red paint was also used to deface the statue, supposedly representing blood.
Police confirmed to 9News they were investigating the criminal damage.
The statue was believed to be paint-bombed sometime yesterday, before being cleaned up this morning.
The monument was spray-painted in white. Nine
The words 'shame', 'destroy white supremacy' and 'stolen land' were spray-painted in white. Nine
City of Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp slammed the vandalism, stressing any kind of damage would not be tolerated.
"Vandalism of anything is something we find abhorrent and we just don't tolerate," she said.
A security guard overnight patrolled a Captain Cook statue in St Kilda, which was subject to vandalism in the lead up to Australia Day two years ago.
The statue after being cleaned up this morning. Nine
Meanwhile, a second statue of Captain Cook was vandalised in Sydney.
The 110-year-old statue, located on Belmore Road, Randwick was graffitied with black spray paint.
It follows the defacing of another monument in Sydney's Hyde Park over the weekend.
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