SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police said they arrested two women after a statute of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was defaced ...

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 ...

The vandalism of a prominent Captain Cook statue in Sydney's eastern suburbs has been slammed as "barbaric" and "un-Australian". The statue in Randwick had its nose and hand broken off and red paint ...

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 ...

The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of racism and oppression. By Mike Ives Some Australians were in no mood to ...