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

“Randwick City Council condemns this act of vandalism of the heritage Captain Cook statue,” he said. “Vandalism has no place in public discussion. It is an illegal act that does a disservice ...

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 ...

The statue of Captain James Cook was found covered in paint on Thursday A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook has been vandalised in Melbourne in an apparent protest on the eve of ...

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, ...

Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend. It is the second time in 12 months that the ...

The statue of Captain James Cook in Randwick has been vandalised for the second time in 12 months.Credit: Nick Moir It’s the second time the sandstone statue on Belmore Road, Randwick ...

SYDNEY >> A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia’s ...

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 ...