Controversial huge statue of Captain James Cook on the Captain Cook Highway in Cairns. It is set

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Captain Cook Statue Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Australia & Pacific Cairns You won't be able to miss this mammoth statue, one of Australia's most controversial 'Big Things'.

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Controversial huge statue of Captain James Cook on the Captain Cook Highway in Cairns. It is set

A statue to the town's namesake, Captain James Cook in Cooktown. Could the seven-metre version from Cairns end up in the historic Cook Shire town? Picture: Tourism and Events Queensland

Cairns’ Captain Cook statue on Sheridan Street was a motel gimmick The Cairns Post

May 28, 2022 - 12:41PM A controversial statue of Captain Cook has been removed after sparking outrage over the monument's Nazi-like salute and for being a "symbol of colonialism and genocide" for Indigenous Australians.

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Description: Painted concrete statue, 10 metres high. It is positioned on the opposite side of the road to number 225 Sheridan Street. History: Originally made to stand outside the Captain Cook Motel in the 1972. The motel has since been demolished. Approval for this giant construction was approved by the Council, when one of its officers didn't realise its dimensions had been given in.

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A statue of Captain Cook standing in central Cairns since 1972 has been removed from public view. The 10m concrete structure depicting the British explorer with his hand aloft has been described as a "symbol of colonialism and genocide" of Indigenous Australians. Watch more on this story in the video above

Cairns’ Captain Cook statue on Sheridan Street was a motel gimmick The Cairns Post

It has been a controversial sight in Far North Queensland for nearly 50 years, but an 8-metre-tall statue of Captain James Cook has now begun its "final tour". Key points: The statue has stood beside Sheridan Street in Cairns for almost 50 years It is making way for a James Cook University teaching hospital

Tall story behind Captain Cook statue in Cairns Observer

The towering Captain Cook statue bordering one of Cairns' main drags has been a hotly contested talking point, if not an eyesore to many, since the early 1970s. Questions surrounding the statue's future have swelled in recent years, not least since James Cook University (JCU) bought the land it stands on earlier this year.

The Big Captain Cook, Cairns Queensland Places

The enormous statue, depicting an Australian explorer called Captain James Cook, was erected off the Cook Highway, Cairns, Queensland, in 1972. The sculpture once accompanied The Captain Cook Motel that has since been demolished, leaving the landmark standing lonely and the locals divided about its fate.

James Cook University looks for new home for controversial Cairns Captain Cook statue The

Since 1972, the almost 10-metre concrete statue of Captain James Cook has towered over Cairns. Today, it was pulled down. The statue towered over Sheridan Street, near the northern entrance to the tropical city but was removed today by its new owner, demolition contractor Martin Anton.

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9:50am May 30, 2022. The new owner of a controversial statue of Captain Cook in Cairns promises "it will stand again" after it came close to being bulldozed. The 10-metre statue has loomed over.

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James Cook University plans to build a teaching hospital on the surrounding land. (ABC Far North: Holly Richardson) Mr O'Shane says JCU should seek the input of Cairns' traditional owners, the Gimuy Walubarra Yidinji and Yirrganydji peoples, on what should replace the monument.

Cairns Captain Cook statue Future of iconic structure in doubt The Courier Mail

April 10, 2021 - 5:00AM Cairns Eye Cairns Don't miss out on the headlines from Cairns. Followed categories will be added to My News. A MAJOR healthcare win for the Cairns region has raised a sticky question: What to do with the humungous Captain Cook statue looming over the highway.

Thousands call for Captain Cook statue to be REMOVED over his links to 'colonialism and genocide

Cairns' infamous #CaptainCook statue is set for removal. All 8 metres of it soon to disappear from its home for the last 50 years. @abcbrisbane @abcnews pic.twitter.com/fAq4OorOMS — Mark Rigby.

The Big Captain Cook in Cairns

For half a century, a giant statue of Captain James Cook has towered over Cairns, an Australian city where one in 10 people is Aboriginal. Now the monument to the British explorer has become the.

Cairns’ Captain Cook statue to move to ‘appropriate’ location, public submissions to open

The gigantic Captain Cook statue has stood beside a busy Cairns street for almost 50 years A historian says the statue is based on an illustration of Cook gesturing at threatening Aboriginals An online petition calling for the statue to be removed has more than 10,000 signatures