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.

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 ...

A Captain Cook statue in Sydney has been covered in red paint and damaged as tensions ... Randwick mayor Dylan Parker also called out the vandalism. 'Vandalism has no place in public discussion ...

A Captain Cook statue was covered in red paint and smashed just two days before ... The local council in Randwick also blasted the vandalism as 'a disservice to the community and a disservice ...

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's east has been splashed with red paint and had the sandstone damaged for the second time in 12 months.

The vandals threw red paint, sprayed graffiti ... condemns this act of vandalism of the heritage Captain Cook statue,” he said. "Vandalism has no place in public discussion.

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's east has been vandalised ... removed and the statue has been covered in red paint," he said. "Vandalism has no place in our public discussion, it is ...

A statue of Captain James Cook is covered in red paint after being vandalized, in Randwick, Sydney (EPA) Several of Cook’s statues in Australia have been damaged amid an ongoing debate about his ...