Subhead:Two historic statues defaced in Flagstaff Gardens on Australia’s National Day of Mourning for Bondi Beach victims.#
Two historic Melbourne monuments were vandalised in Flagstaff Gardens in the early hours of the National Day of Mourning for the Bondi victims, with pro-Hamas symbols sprayed across the sites. Jewish leaders described the attack as “psychological terror”.
Victoria Police confirmed it is investigating the incident at neighbouring statues in the gardens, with officers visible at the scene on Thursday morning.
Attackers used machinery to pull down the First Pioneer monument, leaving a spray-painted inverted red triangle on the destroyed statue. The Separation Monument, also located in Flagstaff Gardens, was defaced with the same symbol, which has been associated with the terrorist group Hamas.
Militant leftists have started destroying priceless colonial era Australian monuments in the lead up to Australia Day on January 26.
They do this every year and the government never prosecutes them because I suspect that they tacitly agree with them. pic.twitter.com/HJgmtWpC70
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) January 21, 2026
The vandalism follows a string of attacks on Melbourne statues in the lead-up to Australia Day. On the second anniversary of October 7 last year, “Glory to Hamas” was painted on a billboard in Fitzroy.
