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

Police in Australia launched an investigation on Friday after a statue of British naval officer James Cook was found ...

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, ...

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before Australians celebrate their controversial “Australia Day” on Sunday.

It comes after the heads of two prime ministerial busts were severed and stolen in a regional Victorian city. A Captain Cook ...

A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, has been sprayed with red ...

A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, ...

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval ...

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's east has been splashed with red paint and had the sandstone damaged for the second time in 12 months.

NSW Police said officers were investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was splashed with red paint and had some of its sandstone damaged. The statue was vandalised in a similar way in ...