A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before ...

The nation might be divided over whether Friday is ' Australia Day ' or 'Invasion Day' but historians say some basic facts ...

Australia’s national day, which falls today, has two purposes. It is an opportunity for Australians to celebrate who they are ...

The vandalism of a prominent Captain Cook statue in Sydney's eastern suburbs has been slammed as "barbaric" and ...

Beach shacks have a distinctive identity as Australian emblems of summer holidays and unadorned simplicity. Yet, their ...

We are just days away from Australia Day. I had in mind to update an essay I wrote for The Australian in 2014, The Shorter ...

Was Australia ‘invaded’ by the British? I previously answered this question in detail in a previous article here. However, ...

The east coast of New Holland was claimed by British Captain James Cook in 1770 who renamed the land New South Wales. In due course, this led to the First Fleet landing at Botany Bay in 1888 and the ...

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - 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 ...

NSW Police said officers were investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was splashed with red paint and had some of its sandstone damaged. The statue was vandalised in a similar way in ...

SYDNEY - 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 ...