Captain Cook's Cottage Vandalised

[icyfroth]

Captain Cook's cottage has been vandalised with anti-Australia Day graffiti for a second year in a row.

The historic building was spray-painted with slogans including "26th Jan Australia's shame" and "F*** Aus Day".Council workers have arrived to clean-off the paint and police are inspecting the damage.

The building was vandalised with similar slogans in February last year.

Anarchist blog "disaccords" claimed responsibility for the 2013 graffiti, saying in an online statement the denial of Australia's "brutal" history was nowhere more evident than on Australia Day.

"This is why we trashed the absurd shrine to genocide, Captain Cook's Cottage, with paint," the bloggers wrote last year.

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That's sad. There's no denial. Sorry was said. What more is there to say?

[punch*drunk]

Cant imagine what they are trying to acheive apart from more division and upset between people.

Perhaps some security would have been a good idea as its clearly not the first time. I hope they have put some security around the shrine this year after last years vandalism effort there.

A bit of jail time would be good for idiots that do this stuff.

[meh_too]

What does Captain Cook have to do with Australia Day. 

[spotweldersfriend]

I suspect a splinter group from SILO are responsible.

[icyfroth]

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@meh_too wrote:

What does Captain Cook have to do with Australia Day. 

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People with the mentality to do this sort of graffiti vandalism probably wouldn't have a clue.

[ca04]

"This is why we trashed the absurd shrine to genocide,

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If therer was genocide then there would be none of  them left.

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the denial of Australia's "brutal" history

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History does not appear to be their strong  point it is in the history books.

[izabsmiling]

Stolen Generations listed as genocide

• ROSEMARY SORENSEN AND ASHLEIGH WILSON
• THE AUSTRALIAN
• MARCH 24, 2008 12:00AM

THE forced removal of children from Aboriginal families has been included in an international compilation of genocide events, reviving the controversy about the use of the term to describe the Stolen Generations.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/stolen-generations-listed-as-genocide/story-e6frg6nf-111...

[amalan11]

Its strange I think it may be a coordinated campaign as im in Sydney and Capt cook cottage is Melbourne  .Yesterday I saw the back wall in the carpark of Tempe station has much the same kind of thing with very similar wording ,and I heard on the news that it was also being cleaned off in I think Sans Souci near me

[icyfroth]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

Stolen Generations listed as genocide

• ROSEMARY SORENSEN AND ASHLEIGH WILSON
• THE AUSTRALIAN
• MARCH 24, 2008 12:00AM

THE forced removal of children from Aboriginal families has been included in an international compilation of genocide events, reviving the controversy about the use of the term to describe the Stolen Generations.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/stolen-generations-listed-as-genocide/story-e6frg6nf-111...

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Fair enough, Iza but what does that have to do with Australia Day?

[izabsmiling]

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@amalan11 wrote:

Its strange I think it may be a coordinated campaign as im in Sydney and Capt cook cottage is Melbourne  .Yesterday I saw the back wall in the carpark of Tempe station has much the same kind of thing with very similar wording ,and I heard on the news that it was also being cleaned off in I think Sans Souci near me

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it's  possible  ?

Campaigners call for Melbourne memorial to executed Aborigines to rival status of Captain Cook's cottage

21 January 2014

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/campaigners-call-for-melbourne-memorial-to-executed-aborigines-to-...