Australia, James Cook and Sydney

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.
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 cultures by European settlers.
Captain Cook statue vandalised again before controversial ‘Australia Day’
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. New South Wales police said it received reports of a vandalised statue in Sydney’s Eastern Beaches at Randwick on Friday morning and that officers had seized “a number of items” at the scene.
Historic Captain Cook statue vandalised again amid Australia Day controversy
A well-known statue of Captain James Cook was vandalized once again in 12 months ahead of the Australia Day weekend.As per BBC, the statue, which was first revealed in 1874 was defaced with red paint and physically damaged.
Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day
While Cook is historically recognised as the explorer who charted and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, his arrival is also seen as a prelude to the violent colonisation, dispossession and systemic oppression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Captain Cook statue in Sydney defaced ahead of Australia's national day
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,
Captain Cook statue in Sydney's Randwick splashed with red paint ahead of Australia Day
A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's east has been splashed with red paint and had the sandstone damaged for the second time in 12 months.
‘Senseless’: Statues of ex-PMs decapitated while Captain Cook statue splashed with red paint days out from Australia Day
The heads of two former Australian prime ministers have been decapitated and more than a dozen others damaged in Victoria’s northwest.
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...
‘Absolute mess’: Captain Cook statue vandalised ahead of Australia Day
The statue in Sydney’s east was splashed in red paint and had its hand and nose knocked off, the second time it has been defaced in 12 months.
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.
'Absolute mess': Captain Cook statue vandalised; heads of prime ministerial busts severed
The Cook statue on Belmore Road in Randwick was splashed with red paint, and vandals had also cut off its hand and nose, leaving it in what Randwick City councillor Carolyn Martin said was an ...
Let's not cancel Captain Cook: what history tells us of the great navigator
His memorials have been the focus of Australia Day protests in recent years but Captain James Cook's life and death show he ...