Two men arrested, one charged over graffiti at sacred Indigenous site
On May 12, Parks Victoria officers discovered that Paradise Falls in the King Valley had been spray-painted with a graffiti tag, sharing a photo of the damage.
'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,' the Bangerang Indigenous Cultural Centre wrote on social media at the time.
Victoria Police said on Wednesday afternoon that officers had arrested a man in Melbourne's CBD that morning. Police from Whitfield – the town nearest Paradise Falls – had charged the man, a 24-year-old from Rosebud, with criminal damage and charges against the Aboriginal Heritage Act (2006).
He has been bailed to face Wangaratta Magistrates Court in late September.
A second man, aged 25, from Hastings, was also arrested on Wednesday and is expected to be charged with the same offences.
'The damage was approximately 10 metres wide and two metres high,' police said.
'Specialist graffiti analysts from the Transit Divisional Response Unit assisted with the investigation.'
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