A Captain Cook statue was covered in red paint and smashed just two days before Australia Day celebrations are set to begin. The monument of the famed British explorer James Cook is located in ...

Vandals also knocked the hand and part of the nose off of the statue on Belmore Road, with New South Wales police announcing they are investigating. Cook chartered and claimed the east coast of ...

Erected in 1879, the statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s Hyde Park bears an inscription that claims Cook “discovered” Australia. But those who oppose this monument say it ignores tens of ...

The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners.

Police in Sydney are investigating after a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook was sprayed with red ... up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky ...

Melbourne's vandalised Captain Cook monument is unlikely to be replaced after it was knocked over in a slew of anti-Australia Day activity across the country. An email sent to City of Yarra ...

Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779), British explorer, navigator and cartographer. Woodcut engraving after a painting by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (English painter, 1735 - 1811), published in 1882.

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 ...

Captain Cook is an icon within our seafaring heritage. The anniversary of his first expedition has been celebrated with a series of events across the UK, Australia and New Zealand. A celebrity of his ...

This area also includes the Teesside landmark Roseberry Topping and the Captain Cook's monument in memory of explorer Captain James Cook.