Erected in 1879, the statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s Hyde Park bears an inscription that claims Cook “discovered” Australia. But those who oppose this monument say it ignores tens of ...

The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners.

City of Yarra will not reinstate the Captain Cook monument in Fitzroy North’s Edinburgh Gardens because it says repeated vandal attacks have made it too costly to repair. Instead the plaque ...