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Toppled statues, protests: Australia marks contentious national holiday

Thousands join marches in major cities amid growing debate over holiday once known for barbecues and beach trips.

Al Jazeera

Captain Cook and Queen Victoria statues vandalised in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day

Vandals who cut down the statue of British naval officer Cook wrote 'the colony will fall' on the plinth

Evening Standard

Afternoon Update: Queensland residents prepare for Kirrily; PM begins selling stage-three tax cuts; and Captain Cook statue toppled

Townsville residents issued a ‘shelter in place’ order as Kirrily is updated to category 3 and expected to make landfall on Thursday evening

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Captain Cook statue hacked, Queen memorial vandalised

A Captain Cook statue in Melbourne has been hacked off at the ankles ahead of Australia Day, and a memorial to Queen Victoria has been covered in paint.

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Vincent Namatjira’s paintbrush is his weapon. With an infectious energy and wry humour, nothing is off limits

Vincent Namatjira, a Western Arrernte artist, is Albert Namatjira’s great-grandson. His genre is portraiture, but with a twist: loaded with satire and post-colonial politics.

The Conversation

Timeline: Indigenous Voice, treaty and truth in Australia

Indigenous people’s 60,000 years of connection to their country should be recognised, leaders say.

Al Jazeera

Brandi Salmon appropriates paintings by old masters like da Vinci to include Aboriginal women

Negative representations of Indigenous people by artists who are not Aboriginal have inspired Wiradjuri woman Brandi Salmon to re-imagine works by old masters including Vermeer and da Vinci.

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Rado explores its past

In 1962, Rado launched the Captain Cook series, whose variants included the hugely-successful Over-Pole Worldtimer designed for an era when international travel was a new thing.

Bangkok Post

Calls for Foundation Day public holiday to recognise Bungaree and Flinders' roles in Australia's history

Author and songwriter Ted Egan thinks September 8 should be a public holiday to celebrate the day Australia was given its name, and recognise the role of explorers Bungaree and Matthew Flinders in our history.

ABC News

'Australia's S***test Big Things' shortlist a joke to some, but not everyone's laughing

From the Big Banana to the Big Lobster, Australia has more than 230 novelty sculptures. Now a public vote on a satirical Facebook page has revealed our four "S***test Big Things".

ABC News

We Are Still Here review – 10 directors take on Captain Cook in thrilling ways

The opening night film of Sydney film festival 2022, this anthology combines eight strands, spanning animation, speculative futures and war, with captivating results

The Guardian - AU

Taking a stand against a famous Newcastle statue

Statue project moves radicalism to the digital space.

Newcastle Herald

Cairns' gigantic Captain Cook statue purchased by demolition company owner

Cairns' giant James Cook statue has been purchased by a demolition company owner who says he'd like to keep it in public view, but there will be no refunds if the concrete captain falls apart in the process.

ABC News

Cook statue vandalised in Melbourne

Protesters have covered a Captain Cook statue in a Melbourne park with red paint to mark Invasion Day.

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