The statue in Randwick, in Sydney's east, had its nose and hand broken off and red paint splashed over the pedestal on ...

Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend. It is the second time in 12 months that the statue ...

“Randwick City Council condemns this act of vandalism of the heritage Captain Cook statue ... was doused in paint and sawn off at the ankles on the eve of Australia Day.

NSW Police said officers were investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was splashed with red paint and had some ... around monuments throughout the Australia Day long weekend.

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval Captain James Cook sailed the world's oceans in the 1700s.

The vandalism in Ballarat comes as security has been increased near statues of significant historical figures.

Australia’s National Day on 26 January is considered a day of mourning by many Indigenous Australians, as it marks the day Captain Cook’s ship landed in Sydney Cove, triggering Australia’s ...

when it was covered with red paint and had parts of its sandstone damaged. Works to repair and restore it were completed a month later. There are several Captain Cook statues across Australia, and ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney ... of Cook in Melbourne was doused in paint and sawn off at the ankles on the eve of Australia Day. The vandals wrote on ...

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 damaged hand of the Captain Cook statue. Picture: Julian Andrews The red paint splattered onto the ... and significant sights across the Australia Day Long Weekend.” Randwick City Councillor ...