Sacred Aboriginal rocks in Victoria’s alpine region have been graffitied by vandals

Vandals have graffitied sacred Aboriginal rocks with spray paint in Victoria’s Alpine region over the weekend, angering the local community.

Vandals have graffitied sacred Aboriginal rocks at Paradise Falls in Victoria’s Alpine region over the weekend.

Local Aboriginal advocacy group Always Was, Always Will Be Bpangerang Country shared an image of the vandalism to their social media page asking for the offenders to return and remove the “disrespectful vandalism.”

“Some absolutely thoughtless, knuckledragging, entitled grubs decided Paradise Falls in the King Valley was the appropriate place to leave their amateur and unremarkable tag,” a spokesman said on their Facebook page.

“Paradise Falls is a sacred women’s place and much loved by all that visit.

“If you know who this tag belongs to let them know they need to return and clean up their mess.”

Vandals graffiti sacred Aboriginal rocks at Paradise Falls in Victoria’s Alpine Park region, about 305km northeast of Melbourne. Picture: Facebook

Paradise Falls is a 31m waterfall that pours over a conglomerate rock formation located about 305km northeast of Melbourne in Victoria’s King Valley.

Police were notified about the graffiti at the Chestnut National Park by Parks Victoria on Monday and are now investigating.

“It is believed the graffiti is on a rock face which is of cultural significance to Indigenous Australian people,” a police spokesman said.

“At this stage of the investigation, it is not believed that the incident is targeted.”

Police urged anyone who witnessed the incident or had information to call Crime Stoppers.

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