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

A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in ... to the then British monarch - King George III - whose portrait appears on the other side. The medal has the two ships ...

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, ...