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

While Cook is historically recognised as the explorer who charted and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, his arrival is also seen as a prelude to the violent colonisation, ...

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 ...

A Captain Cook statue was covered in red paint and smashed just two days before Australia Day celebrations are set to begin. The monument of the famed British explorer James Cook is located in ...

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 statue ...

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - 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 ...

NSW Police said officers were investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was splashed with red paint and had some of its sandstone damaged. The statue was vandalised in a similar way in ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney has been vandalised ahead of Australia Day, the second such incident in as many years. New South Wales Police said they were ...

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.

A Captain Cook statue in Sydney has been covered in red paint and damaged as tensions rise ahead of Australia Day on Sunday. The statue, which sits on Belmore Road in Randwick, had its hand ...