Alleged ‘Pam The Bird’ Melbourne Graffiti Artist Arrested & Facing More Than 50 Charges

Looks like Melbourne’s most elusive feathered friend has had its wings clipped. If you’ve walked literally anywhere in the city, it’s likely that you would have seen “Pam the Bird”. She has been the talk of the town, popping up on everything from skyscrapers to road signs for over a year now. But it seems the jig is up for this high-flying graffiti artist. Miss Pam. (Image: Sarah Haar / X) Jackson Gibson-Burrell, a 21-year-old from Yarraville, was arrested on January 30 and has since faced the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on more than 50 charges. The alleged bird-brain is accused of graffitiing landmarks including the Flinders Street Station clock tower, the “Cheese Stick” column on CityLink, as well as Channel Nine’s Docklands headquarters, and concrete silos in Geelong. Victoria Police Senior Constable Scott Nicholls didn’t mince words and described Gibson-Burrell as “a notorious vandal” who was sometimes violent, and desperate to “maintain his status” in the city’s graffiti scene, per the ABC. Pam the Bird is everywhere. (Image: Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic / X) “The distinct cartoon bird graffiti is instantly recognisable to many people, even those with a less than passing interest in the Melbourne graffiti scene,” Nicholls...