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 ...

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. New ...

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ... which marks the anniversary of the arrival of the British First Fleet in 1788.

Captain Cook Statue in Sydney Defaced Ahead of Australia's National ... which marks the anniversary of the arrival of the British First Fleet in 1788. Every year on Jan. 26, protesters rally ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney ... the country as it is the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788, establishing the first ...