Works to repair and restore it were completed a month later. There are several Captain Cook statues across Australia, and others have also been vandalised on or around 26 January. In 2024 ...

The council said they were actioning plans to clean and restore the statue. Several of Cook’s statues in Australia have been damaged amid an ongoing debate about his legacy and the impact of ...

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 ...

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 ...