A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's east has been splashed with red paint and had the sandstone damaged for the second time in 12 months.

Australia Day is known to some Indigenous Australians as Invasion Day, symbolising a key moment in the destruction of their cultures by European settlers.

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

Statues of two former Australian prime ministers have been decapitated and another of Captain Cook splashed with red paint ...

The vandals threw red paint, sprayed graffiti ... “Randwick City Council condemns this act of vandalism of the heritage Captain Cook statue,” he said. "Vandalism has no place in public ...

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Vandals damaged the statue's hand and face and covered it in red paint Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of ...

The damaged hand of the Captain Cook statue. Picture: Julian Andrews The red paint splattered onto the statue. Picture: Julian Andrews NSW Police confirmed they were investigating the incident and ...

Police in Sydney are investigating after a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national day. Police said several items ...

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 national ...