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 cottage was built in 1755 by James ... 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.

Police are investigating after vandals targeted the historical cottage built by Captain James ... before Australia Day last year. Debbie Gibson is a member of the international Captain Cook ...

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 ...

A group of alleged vandals has been caught on camera attempting to deface a statue of Captain James Cook and a historic ... affecting regional and remote Australia in her role as national crime ...

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 ...

James Cook in Canada: A People's History ... Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, and the Sandwich Islands. Captain Cook, Public Arcives of Canada Towards the end of his journeys, just after ...

Police say vandals who used an angle grinder in an attempt to cut the head off a statue of Captain Cook in ... lead up to last year’s Australia Day. Another Captain Cook statue at Catani Gardens ...

The cottage was built in 1755 by the parents of Captain James Cook, while the statue was unveiled in 1974 and later donated to Fitzroy Gardens. More to come.

Captain James Cook was the last explorer active during ... Cook was the first European to chart New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. At the Natural History Museum, James gets to touch ...