Convicts, barbecues and Captain Cook all got a namecheck in Ley's January 26 address. Omitting Blackfellas continues a ...

Almost one-third of the participating schools chose the same name: Endeavour. It was a British ship that was best known for its first voyage (1769-71) with James Cook as captain. On that voyage ...

The prime minister claims deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley disrespected Indigenous people with an analogy comparing the First ...

Far from being just a port town, Picton has blossomed into a fully-fledged holiday gem. Wrapped in forest-clad hills, the ...

We are just days away from Australia Day. I had in mind to update an essay I wrote for The Australian in 2014, The Shorter ...

The Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation, a registered Western Australian charity driven by a dedicated team of staff and ...

India's largest cement producer UltraTech Cement is in talks with German firm Heidelberg to acquire its listed Indian ...

For now anyway, he's quite content to know he has an exciting 3-year-old in Captain Cook who can be pointed to another lucrative stakes. "It feels good that we can head him towards another big ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Captain Cook won the $250,000 Withers by 2 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct on Saturday, putting the 3-year-old colt squarely on the Kentucky Derby trail. Ridden by Manny Franco ...

Police said several items had been found near the statue of Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia. Local councillor Carolyn Martin said on Friday vandals ...

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 ...