Vandalism on Captain Cook statue slammed

Captain Cook Statue Vandalized in Australia
The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval Captain James Cook sailed the world's oceans in the 1700s. Cook's crews were famously brutal to the Indigenous people of the lands where their ship docked.
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.
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.
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. The hand and nose of the statue of Cook, who charted Sydney’s coast in 1770,
Captain Cook Statue in Sydney Defaced Ahead of Australia's National Day
SYDNEY (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 days before Australia's national day, authorities said on Friday.
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.
Monuments defaced as Australia Day protests ramp up
Australia's national day on Jan 26 is a controversial date for Indigenous Australians. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Multiple monuments in Australia defaced to protest country’s national day
Australia Day on 26 January is considered a day of mourning by many Indigenous Australians, as it marks the day Captain Cook’s ship landed in Sydney Cove, triggering Australia’s colonisation by the British, all without a treaty with its Indigenous inhabitants.
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...
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.
Anzac memorial, statue, and citizenship ceremony targeted in latest Australia Day vandalism attack
It comes nearly 24 hours after vandals targeted the busts of former Australian prime ministers in Ballarat, along with defacing a prominent statue of Captain Cook in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
'Absolute mess': Captain Cook statue vandalised; heads of prime ministerial busts severed
It comes after the heads of two prime ministerial busts were severed and stolen in a regional Victorian city. A Captain Cook statue in Sydney's east has been vandalised for the second time in 12 ...
Let's not cancel Captain Cook: what history tells us of the great navigator
His memorials have been the focus of Australia Day protests in recent years but Captain James Cook's life and death show he ...