Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney has been vandalised ahead of Australia Day, the second ...

A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, ...

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval ...

It comes after the heads of two prime ministerial busts were severed and stolen in a regional Victorian city. A Captain Cook ...

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before ...

A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, has been sprayed with red ...

Cook charted Australia's east coast in 1770, laying the groundwork for the later decision to send the First Fleet, which was led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Australia Day is a contentious holiday ...

This is because Cook’s expedition paved the way for the 1788 decision to send the First Fleet led by Captain Arthur Phillip to the new continent. In January 2024, a statue of Cook in Melbourne ...

SYDNEY >> A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia’s ...