While Cook is historically recognised as the explorer who charted and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, his arrival is also seen as a prelude to the violent colonisation, ...

A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, has been sprayed with red ...

We are just days away from Australia Day. I had in mind to update an essay I wrote for The Australian in 2014, The Shorter ...

Australia’s national day, which falls today, has two purposes. It is an opportunity for Australians to celebrate who they are ...

Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

Captain Cook statue damaged and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day - Police say they are investigating incident which saw statue’s hand and nose knocked off ...

James Cook, living out fantastical lives of travel and discovery in search of the White Continent. The tales and journals of these men are well-documented. Women, however, played little to no role ...

The prime minister claims deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley disrespected Indigenous people with an analogy comparing the First ...

The Pacific's tourism bodies say cruising looks different since the industry's post-pandemic comeback — and outer islands could be among the winners.

The first antarctic expedition falls into ... go quite as far south as Cook, but only reached 69 degrees 52 minutes. In 1823, an Englishman named James Weddell, forced two small sealing vessels ...

Arthur Phillip The leader of this great expedition was Commodore Arthur Phillip who had ... The previous accounts by the navigator Captain James Cook had somewhat misled the crew into believing this ...

Sir Joseph Banks, who had accompanied Captain Cook on HMS Endeavour’s voyage to the South Pacific ... including Francis Masson, Allan Cunningham and James Bowie. Their love of plants and willingness ...