Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan labelled the attack "senseless vandalism," stating it "has no place" in society.

Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend. It is the second time in 12 months that the ...

The Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens has been vandalised again, just weeks after being reinstalled after ...

The paint has since been cleaned off the cottage. The statue of Captain Cook also stands in the gardens and was damaged in attempts to cut off its head. The vandalism comes just two weeks after ...

Beefed-up security has prevented vandals doing more damage to a statue of Captain Cook as a historical cottage was defaced ...

Police are investigating an ­attempt to decapitate a Captain Cook statue in East Melbourne, saying those responsible will be treated as “criminals, not ­protesters”.

Vandals who used an angle grinder in an attempt to cut the head off a statue of Captain Cook will be treated “as criminals” ...

Police are investigating after vandals attempted to behead a statue of Captain Cook just two weeks after it was reinstalled ...