Above: Photo taken October 8, 2008, after the recent attack on the Matthew Flinders monument.
Photos by Sasha Uzunov, copyright 2008.
Below: The attack on the statue on 30 August 2008 and the subsequent clean-up, 2 September 2008.
A statue of famed British Naval explorer Matthew Flinders has been vandalised again. The prominent Melburne monument is a magnet for vandals operating in the central business district (CBD).
The monument was defaced back in September and prompt action from Melbourne City Council ensured it was cleaned up.
A Victoria Police station is just around the corner but that does not seem to deter the vandals.
Photo taken: Wednesday 8 October 2008.
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Previous stories:
2 September 2008
Vandalised monument given a clean
Good news. The statue of Naval explorer Matthew Flinders in Melbourne, reported as being vandalised, has been given a clean by the local authorities.
Photo taken at 12.20pm, Tuesday 2 September 2008.
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1 September 2008
Hoons attack Melbourne Naval monument
Hoons attack Melbourne Naval monument
Photo taken: Saturday 30 August 2008 at 11.30am, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
A prominent Melbourne city monument, the Matthew Flinders statue, has been vandalised late last week right under the noses of Victoria Police.
The statue is situated outside St Paul’s Cathedral on Swanston Street and around just around the corner is a Victoria Police station in Flinders Lane.
Matthew Flinders was a famous British naval explorer (1774-1814) who became the first European to circumnavigate Australia in 1803.
The vandals left a possible calling card or clue by daubing the figure “3047” a possible reference to a suburb in Melbourne, which is Broadmeadows !
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All Photos copyright Sasha Uzunov 2008.
All Photos copyright Sasha Uzunov 2008.