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 ...

James Cook in ... New Zealand, Australia, and the Sandwich Islands. Captain Cook, Public Arcives of Canada Towards the end of his journeys, just after his discovery of the Hawaiian Islands ...

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.

Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery which would push the borders of the British Empire to the ends of the earth.

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

Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in ... The HMS Endeavour voyage (1768–1771) was the first devoted to scientific discovery. Cook and his crew, which included naturalist ...

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 ...

The four spears were taken by Captain Cook's crew during their first contact with Australia in 1770. Captain Cook Square is being redeveloped into a leisure destination to attract new businesses.

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 ...