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

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, ...

From the Torres Strait to Tasmania, and from the east coast to the west, beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian ...

The long-vaunted fish market project at Blackwattle Bay promises to become a landmark ... Maybe even our friends in Captain Cook [harbour cruising] might do some cruises and visits to the fish ...

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 ...

In fact, it was the combination of science and art by patron Sir Joseph Banks and artist Daniel Solander on the voyage of discovery to the east coast of Australia in 1770 that inspired Captain Cook to ...

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