Captain Cook statue outside Melbourne’s Cook’s Cottage toppled amid spate of attacks

City of Melbourne council says CCTV footage shows a group cutting down statue early Monday, in third attack on a Captain Cook memorial in Melbourne, this year

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A bronze statue of Captain James Cook has been toppled outside the explorer’s namesake cottage in the heart of Melbourne, after a series of recent attacks on statues and monuments bearing his name.

Victoria police confirmed it was investigating criminal damage to the statue in East Melbourne, which caused it to fall to the ground early Monday.

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