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

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Oops - replied to the wrong comment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months 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