Ratepayers to Foot $10,000 Bill to Repair Beheaded King George V Statue
Published on June 11, 2024
Melbourne ratepayers will bear the cost of repairing a beheaded monument of King George V, as a statue of Captain Cook that was hacked off at the ankles is restored. The statue in Kings Domain on Linlithgow Avenue was targeted by anti-colonial activists between Sunday evening (June 9) and the early hours of the King’s Birthday public holiday on Monday. The holiday marked King Charles III’s birthday and was celebrated in Victoria and most other states. A video posted to social media on June 10 showed a person wearing hi-vis clothing and a headlamp using a mechanical saw to hack off the head, which topples and rolls to the ground....