Australia, Captain James Cook
Captain Cook statue vandalised again before controversial ‘Australia Day’
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Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day
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, dispossession and systemic oppression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Captain Cook statue in Sydney defaced ahead of Australia's national day
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 day,
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