A statue of a founder of one of the country's biggest cities has been damaged ahead of Australia Day as vandals douse a war memorial in paint.

A statue honouring John Batman, the founder of modern day Melbourne, has been destroyed by vandals overnight in the latest ...

An Anzac memorial honouring fallen soldiers has been doused with red paint while a statue honouring John Batman has been destroyed and graffiti sprayed across a citizenship ceremony in the latest ...

There has been a string of attacks on statues and monuments in NSW and Victoria. A controversial monument to one of Melbourne ...

A statue honouring John Batman, the founder of modern day Melbourne, has been destroyed by vandals overnight in the latest attack in the lead up to Australia Day. Police were called to the site of the ...

Two iconic Melbourne statues have been vandalised in the lead up to Australia Day. Vandals defaced a statue honouring John ...

Vandals ripped the John Batman monument from its plinth near Queen Victoria Market and seemingly sawed it in half. Crews arrived around 9:30am to remove the damaged statue using a crane and transport ...

“The City of Melbourne was made aware of damage to the Batman monument at Queen Victoria Market early this morning,” a council spokesman said. The John Batman memorial statue at the Queen ...