A statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s east has been splashed with red paint and ... write “no pride in genocide” and draw the outline of an Aboriginal flag on the monument. On Thursday night, the heads ...

A statue of British hero Captain James Cook has been vandalised just days before Australia Day celebrations kick off. The sandstone monument of the explorer and naval captain situated in Randwick, ...

The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of ...

Statues of two former Australian prime ministers have been decapitated and another of Captain Cook splashed with red paint ...

Police have charged a man after the words "evil" and "dogs" were scratched into a stone memorial to fallen police in another ...

A statue of a founder of one of the country's biggest cities has been damaged ahead of Australia Day as vandals douse a war memorial in paint.

The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners.

A statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s east has been splashed with ... and draw the outline of an Aboriginal flag on the monument. On Thursday night, the heads were stolen from the statues of ...

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 ...