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.

Melbourne's vandalised Captain Cook monument is unlikely to be replaced after it was knocked over in a slew of anti-Australia Day activity across the country. An email sent to City of Yarra ...

A Captain Cook statue was covered in red paint and smashed just two days before Australia Day celebrations are set to begin. The monument of the famed British explorer James Cook is located in ...

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 Captain Cook statue and Queen Victoria monument in Melbourne have both been vandalised ahead of Australia Day. Members of the public reported the vandalism to the Captain Cook statue in Jacka Blvd, ...

A Captain James Cook monument in Melbourne gardens has been defaced by vandals with a huge cross spray-painted across the front. It is not known when the vandalism happened, but it was discovered on ...