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.

The City of Yarra decided to get rid of the granite monument from Edinburgh Gardens after vandals repeatedly targeted it and cost the council thousands of dollars.

sub_confirmation=1</a> The first map of Australia was charted by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman 130 years before Captain James Cook. It was thought to be lost for nearly 300 years! but after a long ...

A contentious Captain Cook memorial that has been the target ... The granite monument was toppled and graffitied over the Australia Day long weekend and is currently in council storage.

Opponents of Australia Day celebrations denounce the ... Jolly said a local branch of the Captain Cook Society, an international group that celebrates the explorer, has offered to preserve the ...

Repeated vandalism of a Captain Cook memorial has prompted a local council to scrap the granite monument as repair costs escalate.

An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalised monument to renowned British explorer ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to ...