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 ...

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval ...

SYDNEY (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 days before ...

Australia Day is known to some Indigenous Australians as Invasion Day, symbolising a key moment in the destruction of their cultures by European settlers.

"Our people, the Mowachaht/Muchalaht, have endured many hardships since first meeting Capt. Cook, who was the explorer who first came into our territory," said Maquinna. "As a result of the ...

St. Elias Stable’s Captain Cook picked up 20 qualifying points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series ...

Yet another statue of Captain James Cook has been destroyed in the wake of vandalism that destroyed a different sculpture of the famous explorer in the lead up to Australia Day. The bronze ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Captain Cook won the $250,000 Withers by 2 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct on Saturday, putting the 3-year-old colt squarely on the Kentucky Derby trail. Ridden by Manny Franco ...

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 ...

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 ...