Vandalism on Captain Cook statue slammed

Captain Cook Statue Vandalized in Australia
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. Cook's crews were famously brutal to the Indigenous people of the lands where their ship docked.
Captain Cook statue vandalised ahead of Australia Day
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 in Sydney has been vandalised.
Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day
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
Australia police launch investigation after statue of Captain Cook is vandalized in Sydney
Police in Australia launched an investigation on Friday after a statue of British naval officer James Cook was found vandalized in Sydney. The hand and nose of the statue of Cook, who charted Sydney’s coast in 1770,
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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.
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Captain Cook Statue in Sydney Defaced Ahead of Australia's National Day
Captain Cook Statue in Sydney Defaced Ahead of Australia's National Day SYDNEY (Reuters) - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east ...
Captain Cook statue vandalised before Australia Day celebrations
A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, has been sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before the country’s national day...
Captain Cook statue defaced ahead of Australia Day
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 national day,
James Cook Statue Vandalised Ahead Of Australian National Holiday
Vandals in Australia poured red paint over a statue of famed British explorer James Cook, officials said Friday ahead of large anti-colonial protests expected over the weekend.
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It comes nearly 24 hours after vandals targeted the busts of former Australian prime ministers in Ballarat, along with defacing a prominent statue of Captain Cook in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
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