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Captain Cook statue toppled in St Kilda on eve of 26 January (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Baku@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Cook really just steered the boat for Joey (the rockstar biologist) banks.

It was Banks that went back to Britain raving about "Terra nullius" (while knowing that to be false) and pushing colonisation. No one was interested in what Cook had to say.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oops - replied to the wrong comment.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Da fuq terra nullius didn't come about until much later when bourke cracked the shits at the formation of Melbourne beyond his control