Funds secured for Victorian soldier memorial revamp
Maj Gen Sir Hector MacDonald, who was nicknamed Fighting Mac, fought in wars in Afghanistan and was an aide to Queen Victoria ...
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Funds secured for Victorian soldier memorial revamp
Maj Gen Sir Hector MacDonald, who was nicknamed Fighting Mac, fought in wars in Afghanistan and was an aide to Queen Victoria ... The 30m (100ft) MacDonald Monument in his hometown of Dingwall ...
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Funding award could help reopen Fighting Mac tower
A tower dedicated to a Victorian soldier nicknamed Fighting Mac could be reopened to the public. Maj Gen Sir Hector MacDonald fought in wars in Afghanistan and was an aide to Queen Victoria. He took ...
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Funding award could help reopen Fighting Mac tower
Maj Gen Sir Hector MacDonald fought in wars in Afghanistan and was an aide to Queen Victoria. He took his ... The 30m (100ft) MacDonald Monument in his hometown of Dingwall has been closed for ...
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‘Horror’ as Anzac memorial defaced; John Batman statue cut in half by vandals
Police were called to the site of the memorial on Queen St, opposite Queen Victoria Market, following reports it had been damaged about 2.20am on Saturday. The statue had been cut from its plinth ...
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Night of vandalism in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day as Parkville Anzac memorial is covered in red paint and John Batman monument is damaged
Crews were also dispatched to clean up the damage to the monument honouring John Batman at the Queen Victoria Market on the edge of the Melbourne CBD. The John Batman monument at the Queen ...
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Monument to ‘Melbourne founder’ toppled, Anzac memorial defaced on eve of Australia Day
Vandals targeted the bluestone Batman monument, next to the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne’s CBD, ahead of Australia Day on Sunday. A security guard covers up the destroyed monument to John ...
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Iconic Melbourne statue is sawn in half and an Anzac memorial is splattered in red paint on the eve of Australia Day
The Batman memorial at the Queen Victoria Market in the CBD appeared to have been sheared off at its base about 2.20am before it was pushed over and smashed into multiple pieces on the ground.