The slogan 'Change the Date' was sprayed over the inscription 'Discovered this Territory 1770' on a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook located in Hyde Park in Sydney [Getty] In Australia, there’s a growing discontent of statues that don’t accurately memorialise the past. From measured appeals to change the plaques, to bold proposals to remove the more problematic statues from the public
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