Maribyrnong City Council commissioned the public artwork, Pipedreams – a 12 metre wide and 8 metre high stainless steel sculpture, created and installed by renowned Australian artist, Matthew Harding.
On Saturday, 26 August this year, vandals attacked three historic statues in Sydney’s Hyde Park, tagging them with the words ‘Change the date’ and ‘No pride in genocide’. All four sides of the Captain Cook statue’s base were targeted; statues of Governor Macquarie and Queen Victoria were also tagged. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull reacted by calling the graffitiing a ‘cowardly criminal act’.
