The bronze statue of Captain James Cook outside the explorer’s namesake cottage in Fitzroy Gardens has been repaired and ...

Another Captain Cook statue was cut off from the ankles in Victoria last year ahead of Australia Day, two years after the same statue was covered in red paint. The St Kilda statue was scrawled ...

Picture: Brendan Beckett This time last year it was Captain Cook in St Kilda and Queen Victoria’s statue was damaged in the gardens named after her. On Friday, Cook copped it in Sydney and for ...

The Captain Cook statue in Catani Gardens at St Kilda was under guard on Friday morning. Credit: Wayne Taylor The exhibit has long been the site of vandalism attempts, with Tony Abbott and John ...

Vandalism of statues is not uncommon ahead of Australia Day, with a statue of Captain Cook sawn off at the ankles and left on the ground with a noose around its neck in St Kilda last year.

Photos and videos of similar attacks have been posted to the same Instagram page, including footage of a Captain Cook statue being cut from its stone base with an angle grinder in St Kilda on ...

Statues of Captain Cook ... of the huge statue of his hero. He was joined by others in period gear, and some in modern clothing too, for a picnic on the grass to celebrate Captain James Cook ...