A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before Australians celebrate their controversial “Australia Day” on Sunday.

Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend. It is the second time in 12 months that the ...

The incident follows another attack last month when a Captain Cook statue in Sydney was splattered with red paint, and its hand and nose were damaged just before Australia Day. Investigators are ...

Sky News host Caleb Bond says people who target a statue of Captain Cook are attacking the “premise” of Australia. Randwick Council Liberals have moved to boost security and put in place CCTV ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Emergency services were called to the Captain Cook Hwy, between Holloways Beach and Yorkeys Knob about 11.15am on Monday following the single-vehicle ...

And a statue of Captain Cook was sawn off at the ankles while a monument to Queen Victoria on the edge of the CBD was vandalised on the night before Australia Day last year. Debbie Gibson is a ...

Footage of the head set alight on a barbecue was posted to social media on Australia Day. The Captain Cook cottage was also vandalised overnight.Credit: Chris Hopkins According to the Captain Cook ...

Police are investigating an ­attempt to decapitate a Captain Cook statue in East Melbourne, saying those responsible will be treated as “criminals, not ­protesters”. Police said a security ...

The Captain Cook statue was cut down from its pedestal ... its stone base and vandalised in the lead up to last year’s Australia Day. Another Captain Cook statue at Catani Gardens in St Kilda ...

The paint has since been cleaned off the cottage. The statue of Captain Cook also stands in the gardens and was damaged in attempts to cut off its head. The vandalism comes just two weeks after ...