Aboriginals want Captain Cook statue Removed

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Having led the 'First Fleet' of British ships to Australia in 1770, the statue of Captain Cook unveiled in 1879 is inscribed with: 'DISCOVERED THIS TERRITORY 1770.'

But in an opinion article written for the ABC, the respected Indigenous advocate told how the claims on the statue were a sore point for Indigenous people.

While saying he didn't want the statue pulled down, Mr Grant called it a reminder of 'the violent rupture of Aboriginal society' - one he claimed they are still enduring.

'This statue speaks to emptiness, it speaks to our invisibility,' he said.

'It says that nothing truly mattered, nothing truly counted until a white sailor first walked on these shores.'

Referring to the lack of acknowledgement about the way Australia had been taken in an instant from the Indigenous people, Mr Grant called it the 'great silence'.

In the past week, following racist rallies and riots, calls to tear down a statue of Confederate army leader Robert E Lee in Charlottesville have grown louder.

Just like Lee, who fought to keep slavery in the American Civil War, Captain Cook is a figure that brought pain to Australia, according to Mr Grant.

'Captain Cook's statue stands in the centre of our biggest city. There are Indigenous people who for good reason would prefer to see it removed,' he wrote.

Mr Grant added: 'Personally I accept that it remains; Cook is part of the story of this nation.'

His call to change the statue's inscription comes after a second Melbourne council voted in favour of not celebrating Australia Day in 2018 because its 'racist'.

The City of Darebin council, which governs several of Melbourne's northern suburbs, made the decision on Monday night - a week after the City of Yarra.

Aboriginals want Captain Cook statue in Sydney removed | Daily Mail Online
 

Toroid

Founding Member
This is a global epidemic of statue hatred. The core agenda could be to remove the history of all nations.
 

SOUL-DRIFTER

Life Long Researcher
This is a global epidemic of statue hatred. The core agenda could be to remove the history of all nations.
It is a move from the Progressive left.
After the statues, next will be the removal of certain history lessons from our schools.
 

Ras

Honorable
Personally I think statues are unessaesary and it takes up alot of space. Histories can be preserved in books/internet, no need statues imo.

~Just a thought
 
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