The national day on January 26 is a controversial date for Indigenous Australians because it marks the day that Captain James ...

By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations on ...

SYDNEY >> A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia’s ...

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 ...

Police in Australia launched an investigation on Friday after a statue of British naval officer James Cook was found ...

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before ...

Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day - Police say they are investigating incident which saw statue’s hand and nose knocked off ...