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.

Captain Cook Statue in Sydney Defaced Ahead of Australia's National Day SYDNEY (Reuters) - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east ...

James Cook is considered one of the greatest navigators and explorers of all time. A British naval captain, navigator, and ...

Australia Day, celebrated on 26 January ... “Randwick City Council condemns this act of vandalism of the heritage Captain Cook statue,” he said. “Vandalism has no place in public discussion.

A person jogs near a traffic cone where a monument of British explorer Captain James Cook once stood in Melbourne, Australia (Rod McGuirk/AP) In 1770, then-Lieutenant Cook charted the Australian east ...

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An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James ...

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 ...