The bronze statue of Captain James Cook outside the explorer’s namesake cottage in Fitzroy Gardens has been repaired and ...

Last year, one Captain Cook statue was cut down on the eve of the holiday, while its plinth was spray painted with the words 'the colony will fall'. Two years earlier the same Melbourne statue was ...

A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to ... across Australia have been vandalised. In 2024, one in Melbourne was pulled down just before Australia day, while its plinth ...

Two statues of former Australian prime ministers have been beheaded and a Captain Cook statue splashed with ... About 20 statues in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens were damaged between 2am and ...

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A statue of Captain Cook has been vandalised in Sydney's east. It comes after the heads of two prime ministerial busts were severed and stolen in a regional Victorian city. Police in both states ...

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, while its ...

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.

A statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s east has been splashed ... from the statues of two former prime ministers in a Botanical Gardens in regional Victoria. The heads of Paul Keating and Kevin ...

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 ...