Yarra City Council Considers Not Repairing Heavily Damaged Captain Cook Statue

The Yarra City Council in Melbourne is considering not repairing a statue of explorer Captain James Cook, which was destroyed just after Australia Day. This comes after the statue was found broken on the ground in Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy North, covered in red graffiti. On Sunday morning, visitors to the park found the memorial painted with the words “Cook the Colony.” A council officer is recommending that the statue be taken away and permanently removed from the City of Yarra’s collection. But Yarra Residents Collective, a group representing residents in the community, is concerned that letting vandals achieve their objectives through committing crimes sent “the wrong message.”...