A statue of Captain James Cook is covered in red paint after being vandalized, in Randwick, Sydney, Australia on January 24, 2025 [Dan Himbrechts/EPA] Published On 24 Jan 2025 24 Jan 2025.

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 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 ...

There are several Captain Cook statues across Australia, and others have also been vandalised on or around 26 January. In 2024, one in Melbourne was cut down on the eve of the holiday, ...

A Captain Cook statue in Sydney's east has been vandalised for the second time in 12 months, while the heads of two prime ministerial busts have been severed in Victoria.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Captain Cook statue in Sydney vandalised ahead of Australia Day . Australia Day is known to some Indigenous Australians as Invasion Day, symbolising a key moment in the destruction of their ...