The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of ...

A statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s east has been splashed with red paint and had its hand and nose knocked off in the leadup to the Australia ... flag on the monument. On Thursday night ...

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval ...

A statue of British hero Captain James Cook has been vandalised just days before Australia Day celebrations kick off. The sandstone monument of the explorer and naval captain situated in Randwick, ...

Statues of two former Australian prime ministers have been decapitated and another of Captain Cook splashed with 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 ...

A statue of a founder of one of the country's biggest cities has been damaged ahead of Australia Day as vandals douse a war memorial in paint.

Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day protests. One of John Batman, linked to Indigenous killings, was sawn in half. A monument for WWI soldiers was defaced with 'land ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations on Sunday, with tens ...

The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners.

A statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s east has been splashed with red paint and had its hand and nose knocked off in the leadup to the Australia Day weekend ... the outline of an Aboriginal flag on the ...