Vandals have caused $140,000 damage to several bronze statues of prime ministers in Ballarat Botanical Gardens.

In short:

Police are investigating a vandalism attack on 20 bronze statues of Australian prime ministers in Ballarat.

The heads from the busts of former Labor leaders Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating were severed and stolen.

What’s next?

The sculptor who created the busts says plaster moulds are available to recreate the statues.

  • tau@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    do you even know about your own history, and the history of this so-called country? Invasion Day celebrates the anniversary of Cook’s invasion of these lands.

    My irony meter just overloaded…