Australia Day, celebrated on 26 January, is a contentious holiday in the country as it is the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney ... the heritage Captain Cook statue ...

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 ...

The statue was vandalised in a similar way in February last year. A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's east has been vandalised for the second time in 12 months. NSW Police said officers ...

Captain Cook Statue in Sydney Defaced Ahead of Australia's National Day SYDNEY (Reuters) - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east ...

A Captain Cook statue was covered in ... The monument of the famed British explorer James Cook is located in the Randwick suburb in Sydney and was vandalised ahead of large anti-colonial ...

AUSTRALIAN police began an investigation yesterday after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered with red paint and disfigured. The attack took place ahead of Australia Day, which commemorates the ...

A Captain Cook statue in Sydney has been covered in red paint and damaged as tensions rise ahead of Australia Day on Sunday. The statue, which sits on Belmore Road in Randwick, had its hand ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - 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 ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney has been vandalised ahead of Australia Day, the second such incident in as many years. New South Wales Police said they were ...

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 had ...