Severed head of King George V statue may have resurfaced at Irish rappers’ Melbourne gig

Hip hop trio Kneecap appeared to show head of King’s Domain statue beheaded nine months ago

The solid bronze severed head of Melbourne’s decapitated King George V statue appears to have briefly reappeared in public, gracing the stage during a performance by a visiting Northern Irish hip hop group.

The statue in the King’s Domain parklands was beheaded during the King’s Birthday Weekend in June 2024 – one of a series of anti-colonial acts of sabotage targeting British memorials in Melbourne.

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