Sujet : Re: Captain James Cook
De : michael.trew (at) *nospam* att.net (Michael Trew)
Groupes : misc.news.internet.discussDate : 29. Jan 2025, 17:13:16
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On 1/25/2025 1:11 PM, JAB wrote:
Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James
Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia
Day weekend.
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Australia Day is a national holiday that is held each year on 26
January - the anniversary of Britain's First Fleet landing at Sydney
Cove in 1788. Many Indigenous Australians say the date causes them
pain.
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I'm not familiar with the story, but it sounds like Captain Cook is to Australia as Columbus is to the USA.
Captain James Cook
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