A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before Australians celebrate their controversial “Australia Day” on Sunday.

A medallion of General Franco in Salamanca, Spain. Erected in 1879, the statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s Hyde Park bears an inscription that claims Cook “discovered” Australia. But those ...

A bunch of statues have been targeted in recent years. This includes the Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens just last month when three people were captured on CCTV allegedly trying ...

Middlesbrough Council say discussions are "ongoing" for the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum. The statue in Sydney has been splashed with red paint and had its nose and hand removed. The rare item ...

What are they but marble clichés stuffing up history with dead convictions? To be sure, there will be a few unstable citizens who live in hope that one day, Disney-like, in a shower of stardust, they ...

Vandals attempted to cut the head off the statue of Captain Cook in Fitzroy Gardens in February. Picture: David Crosling The Captain Cook statue at Catani Gardens in St Kilda, was damaged in ...