Colonialist’s Monument Toppled in Australia
MELBOURNE (Dispatches) -- Protesters in Australia have toppled a monument honoring a 19th-century colonialist as Indigenous rights protests engulf the country during its national holiday.
The memorial of John Batman, one of the founders of the southeastern city of Melbourne, was toppled in Melbourne on Sunday a day before Australia Day. Australia Day is a national holiday held each year on 26 January, the anniversary of Britain’s First Fleet landing at Sydney Cove in 1788.