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Captain Cook statue vandalised ahead of Australia Day
Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend. It is the second time in 12 months that the statue in Sydney has been vandalised.
Australia police launch investigation after statue of Captain Cook is vandalized in Sydney
Police in Australia launched an investigation on Friday after a statue of British naval officer James Cook was found vandalized in Sydney.
Captain Cook statue vandalised again before controversial ‘Australia Day’
A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before Australians celebrate their controversial “Australia Day” on Sunday. New South Wales police said it received reports of a vandalised statue in Sydney’s Eastern Beaches at Randwick on Friday morning and that officers had seized “a number of items” at the scene.
Historic Captain Cook statue vandalised again amid Australia Day controversy
A well-known statue of Captain James Cook was vandalized once again in 12 months ahead of the Australia Day weekend.As per BBC, the statue, which was first revealed in 1874 was defaced with red paint and physically damaged.
Captain Cook statue in Sydney defaced ahead of Australia's national day
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 day,
Captain Cook statue in Sydney vandalised ahead of Australia Day
Australia Day is known to some Indigenous Australians as Invasion Day, symbolising a key moment in the destruction of their cultures by European settlers.
Captain Cook statue in Australia defaced ahead of ‘Invasion Day’
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’s national day,
Captain Cook statue vandalised before Australia Day celebrations
A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, has been sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before the country’s national day...
‘Absolute mess’: Captain Cook statue vandalised ahead of Australia Day
The statue in Sydney’s east was splashed in red paint and had its hand and nose knocked off, the second time it has been defaced in 12 months.
Captain Cook statue vandalized ahead of Australia Day
Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend.It is the second time in 12 months that
James Cook Statue Vandalised Ahead Of Australian National Holiday
Vandals in Australia poured red paint over a statue of famed British explorer James Cook, officials said Friday ahead of large anti-colonial protests expected over the weekend.
Iconic statue cut down in Melbourne tourist spot ahead of Australia Day
It comes nearly 24 hours after vandals targeted the busts of former Australian prime ministers in Ballarat, along with ...
Jacinta Price and Pauline Hanson call out Australia Day activists after Captain Cook statue vandalised in protest
Shadow minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Price and One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson have slammed the actions of ...