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. New ...

Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of ...

Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in the eighteenth ... while most of the views and landscapes produced were the work of Resolution's official artist, William Hodges (1744–97 ...

“Randwick City Council condemns this act of vandalism of the heritage Captain Cook statue,” he said. “Vandalism has no place in public discussion. It is an illegal act that does a disservice ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vandals damaged the statue's hand and face and covered it in red paint Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of ...

The statue of Captain James Cook in Randwick has been vandalised for the second time in 12 months.Credit: Nick Moir It’s the second time the sandstone statue on Belmore Road, Randwick ...