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

Captain Cook monument removed from Melbourne park following repeated vandalism. 14 May 2025, 12:14. Bollards are seen at the site of a vandalised statue of Captain Cook in Edinburgh Gardens, ... UK ...

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 ...