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 ...

SYDNEY — Vandals in Australia poured red paint over a statue of famed British explorer James ... statue of Cook — who claimed Australia's eastern coastline for Great Britain in 1770 ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney has been ... claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, his arrival is also seen as a prelude to the violent ...

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 ...