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.

"The Captain Cook statue, which also stands in the gardens, has been damaged by what appears to be an attempt to remove the head," a police spokesman said. "I don't believe they had enough time to ...

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A statue of Captain Cook and his family's 18th century home ... when the heads were removed from from the busts of former Labor leaders Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd, and 18 other statues were ...

The Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens have ... dark clothing and used “possibly an angle grinder to try to remove the head of Captain Cook”. “They didn’t have enough ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens has been vandalised again, just weeks after being reinstalled after repairs.

Victoria Police have spoken after a Captain Cook statue in the CBD was targeted by vandals again. The alleged offenders tried to cut off the statue’s head in the early hours of Tuesday morning, ...

while the statue sustained damage to the neck by what appears to be an attempt to remove the head. Vandals have attempted to cut the head off the Captain Cook statue in Fitzroy gardens.

Police are investigating after vandals attempted to behead a statue of Captain Cook just two weeks after it was reinstalled in East Melbourne. It is believed two offenders spray-painted the 18th ...

Captain cook statue vandalised “The community has a ... The graffiti, which police described as “anti-Cook comments”, was removed swiftly by the council on Tuesday morning.