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, ...

Police in Sydney are investigating after a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national day. Police said several items ...

James Cook University researchers will trial a new way of caring for Torres Strait Islanders in an attempt to bring down high rates of dementia in the ...

Police in Australia launched an investigation on Friday after a statue of British naval officer James Cook was found vandalized in Sydney. The hand and nose of the statue of Cook, who charted Sydney’s ...

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 ...

Overall, the uptake of rooftop solar by Australian households is saving us about $3 billion a year on power costs. The ...

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

The Argentine Federal Fisheries Council has agreed to grant authorization to Britain’s RRS James Cook belonging to the ... acoustic instruments designed to map the seabed, coastal and deep ...

James Wong, 34, was taking off from the water at the West Australian island about 20km ... ABC News Premier Roger Cook said the state government had not received any advice from authorities ...

A man living in Australia to study was confronted by a teen with a knife late at night in an attempted carjacking, leaving ...

January 26 represents a painful day in history for many — but it appears the official Australia Day body has ... starting with Captain James Cook raising the Union Jack on Possession Island ...

The transportation of people to penal colonies to Australia contributed to thousands of lives suffering great hardship as a punishment for minor crimes committed in the UK. James Cook would become one ...