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Nazi graffiti in Darlinghurst – an update

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About this time last year, almost to the day, one of our readers spotted would-be Nazi graffiti on the road in Darlinghurst. Then this appeared over the weekend, near the old toilet block at Taylor Square.

But as one of our readers, Tony, noted in the comments at the time:

Well, actually, this is not a nazi cross (Swastika) at all. The real cross is the other way around (mirrored image).

This ‘reversed Swastika’ can be found in numerous places:

  1. The Nydam Bog (look at the bottom of the page).
  2. A buddhist temple
  3. The flag of the city Hirosaki, in Japan

So we could be facing a very angry Danish from the year 200AD, a peaceful buddhist monk, a Japanese backpacker eager to come back to Oz… or an angry (and probably drunk) kid that doesn’t even know what he’s talking about. Place your bets ;-)

So there you have it, and it’s reappeared at the tail end of another summer holiday.

By bt. January 18, 2010

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  1. Some more appeared this morning at the bottom of Forbes, by the stairs leading down to William St. Didn’t notice any chalk-covered Monks, Danes or kids…

    Mat

    20 Jan 10 at 4:32 pm

  2. There is more written on the floor on Liverpool Rd. Between Forbes and Palmer.

    :-(

    OurLittleJaunt

    26 Jan 10 at 9:47 am

  3. You can also see the reversed swastika on the entry floor in the Customs House down at Circular Quay.

    Jack Self

    26 Jan 10 at 7:03 pm

  4. This one was on Premier Lane, behind William Street in Kings Cross.

    If you look closely, someone’s crossed it out in blue.

    matt

    30 Jan 10 at 6:14 am

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