A Captain Cook statue was covered in red paint and smashed just two days before Australia Day celebrations are set to begin. The monument of the famed British explorer James Cook is located in ...

Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery which would push the borders of the British Empire to the ends of the earth.

A Captain Cook statue in Sydney's east has been ... where Captain Arthur Phillip raised the Union Jack flag and declared British sovereignty over half of Australia But for many First Nations ...

English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in the bay, Cook went ashore, hoisted the British flag and performed the ...

Vandals damaged the statue's hand and face and covered it in red paint Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain ... an Aboriginal flag placed next to it. Cook charted ...