Australia continues to recognise the story of its modern founding to this day. The First Fleet as it became known, was formed of 11 ships that left from Portsmouth in southern England on 13th May 1787 ...

Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend. It is the second time in 12 months that the statue ...

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia ... the British First Fleet in 1788.

SYDNEY >> A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain ... Australia to drop celebrations or move the date, which marks the anniversary of the arrival of the British First Fleet ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook ... Australia Day, celebrated on 26 January, is a contentious holiday in the country as it is the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet ...

SYDNEY - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain ... Australia to drop celebrations or move the date, which marks the anniversary of the arrival of the British First Fleet ...

A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first ... Many Indigenous groups want Australia to drop celebrations or move the date, which marks the anniversary of the arrival of ...

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval Captain James Cook sailed ... of the First British Fleet on Sydney ...

Australia Day ... This is because Cook’s expedition paved the way for the 1788 decision to send the First Fleet led by Captain Arthur Phillip to the new continent. In January 2024, a statue ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the ... Indigenous groups want Australia to drop celebrations or move the date, which marks the anniversary of the ...

Police said several items had been found near the statue of Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia. Local councillor Carolyn Martin said on Friday vandals ...

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