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 ...
His memorials have been the focus of Australia Day protests in recent years but Captain James Cook's life and death show he was no xenophobe, writes DAVID ELLERY.
Captain Cook, who hopped on the classic trail by virtue of a victory in the $250,000 Withers S. at Aqueduct on Saturday, already has a number of connections to the Kentucky Derby (G1).
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 ...