Melbourne, Australia - The Australian local government has decided to repair a often adventure-ridden monument for famous British explorer James Cook, as it will be destroyed again. But the mayor on Wednesday rejected the charges aimed at the destroyers winning.

Statues and monuments of naval officers in the 18th century were common in Australia and were often tainted by British opponents of settlement in the country without a treaty with indigenous peoples. In 1770, when Lieutenant Cook then painted the East Coast of Australia, Sydney would become the first British colony on the continent.

The granite and bronze monument of the main navigator and cartographer in Melbourne’s central park was damaged on January 26th. More and more people are calling for the country to find a split National Day.

The monument in Melbourne's Edinburgh Gardens was stolen on its base and sprayed with the word "boil colony".

Yara City Council Chief Stephen Jolly, head of the city government near the Melbourne Centre, said his MP voted unanimously on Tuesday night to spend A$15,000 ($9,700) to repair the monument, which is still in storage.

Joley said the decision to permanently delete the monument, including Cook's face as a bronze medal, was about economics, rather than taking a place in Australia's cultural war.

"It's about being economically rational. Every time we have to fix it, it's $15,000 per pop and it keeps being demolished or destroyed or marked."

"It's just a waste of taxpayers' money. We can't afford to do that," Joley added.

But Brad Battin, the leader of the Melbourne conservative opposition at Victoria State University, condemned the evacuation of memorials such as sending vandals.

"We need to be strong and remember the fact that this is part of our history," Badin told reporters.

"If you start deleting the history of our state and our country because of activists, you are actually succumbing to those who oppose it," Badin added.

Jolly disagrees with his council giving them what they want.

"No, I think they'll like we're backing it up and then they can mark it again or destroy it again, and there's this ongoing little war in the Edinburgh Gardens."

"I think they are probably the most disappointed people and it will no longer exist," Jolly added.

The base of the monument remained at the entrance of the park on Wednesday with a traffic cone on top to warn cyclists, joggers and pedestrians of danger to travel hazards. Someone shaves a smiling face and a torso on the cone, apparently a reference to the memorial that once stood in its place.

Jolly said local branches of the Cook Society, an international group celebrating the explorers, have proposed to preserve the bronze medal.

Melbourne-based social member Bill Lang said discussions are underway to find short-term residences for monuments, such as museums.

Long said the council's decision not to repair the monument was frustrating.

"It's very disappointing for every open Australian who thinks we can learn a lot from history and we should celebrate it," Long said.