Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day - Police say they are investigating incident which saw statue’s hand and nose knocked off ...

Vandals damaged the statue's hand and face and covered it ... which was led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Australia Day is a contentious holiday for some, particularly among those in Aboriginal ...

Arthur Phillip ... year across a Hyde Park statue of ­Captain James Cook, the man who mapped the coast of NSW 18 years before Phillip raised the flag of Great Britain in Sydney Cove on January ...