While Cook is historically recognised as the explorer who charted and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain ... Arthur Phillip to the new continent. In January 2024, a statue of Cook ...

Vandals damaged the statue's hand and face and covered it ... which was led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Australia Day is a contentious holiday for some, particularly among those in Aboriginal ...

Arthur Phillip ... year across a Hyde Park statue of ­Captain James Cook, the man who mapped the coast of NSW 18 years before Phillip raised the flag of Great Britain in Sydney Cove on January ...