People walk near a traffic cone where a monument of British explorer Captain James Cook once stood before it was removed following continued vandalism at a park Melbourne, Australia (Rod McGuirk/AP) ...

People walk near a traffic cone where a monument of British explorer Captain James Cook once stood before it was removed following continued vandalism at a park Melbourne, Australia (Rod McGuirk/AP) ...

People walk near a traffic cone where a monument of British explorer Captain James Cook once stood before it was removed following continued vandalism at a park Melbourne, Australia (Rod McGuirk/AP) ...

The monument in Melbourne’s Edinburgh Gardens was snapped at its base and spray-painted with the words ‘cook the colony’.

The monument in Melbourne’s Edinburgh Gardens was snapped at its base and spray-painted with the words ‘cook the colony’.

An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalised monument to renowned British explorer Captain James Cook because it would be destroyed again. But the mayor ...

The monument in Melbourne’s Edinburgh Gardens was snapped at its base and spray-painted with the words ‘cook the colony’.

The monument in Melbourne’s Edinburgh Gardens was snapped at its base and spray-painted with the words ‘cook the colony’.

The monument in Melbourne’s Edinburgh Gardens was snapped at its base and spray-painted with the words ‘cook the colony’.

An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalised monument to renowned British explorer Captain James Cook because it would be destroyed again. But the mayor rejected ...