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.

The incident follows another attack 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. Investigators are ...

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 ...

Sky News host Caleb Bond says people who target a statue of Captain Cook are attacking the “premise ... condition on the eve of Australia Day in Sydney's east.

A medallion of General Franco in Salamanca, Spain. Erected in 1879, the statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s Hyde Park bears an inscription that claims Cook “discovered” Australia. But those ...

A routine school ferry trip that ended with pupils from an elite private school thrown into Sydney Harbour has resulted ... Safety has called for Captain Cook Cruises to make improvements in ...

Police say vandals who used an angle grinder in an attempt to cut the head off a statue of Captain Cook in Fitzroy Gardens will be treated “as criminals” instead of protesters. Three alleged ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens have been vandalised again, less than two weeks after the statue was ...

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 ...

The paint has since been cleaned off the cottage. The statue of Captain Cook also stands in the gardens and was damaged in attempts to cut off its head. The vandalism comes just two weeks after ...