Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day - Police say they are investigating incident which saw statue’s hand and nose knocked off. advertisement.

Police in Sydney are investigating after a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national day.

Coming into a love of art in Sydney (where I was born), none of this bothered me. I loved the place, as you love a childhood home. But I recall, in 2017, guiding overseas guests through it.

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's east has been vandalised for the second time in 12 months. NSW Police said officers were investigating after it was splashed with red paint and some of ...

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 ...

Rear view of Sydney Modern, the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Sanaa-designed building, taken from Woolloomooloo Wharf, with Edison Chen’s sculpture ‘‘Kin,’’ 2022, as part of a ...

Captain Cook's statue in Sydney's east vandalised with red paint, hand and nose cut off two days before Australia Day. Captain Cook's pristine statue in Sydney's eastern suburbs has been ...

The Columbus Museum of Art and city leaders are inviting the community to celebrate the sculpture at 11 a.m. June 9 before heading over to the Columbus Arts Festival on the Downtown riverfront.

Sydney's Queen Victoria Statue has been hit by red paint during King Charles and Queen Camilla's Australia tour. “I can see three police are guarding it at the moment.” Sydney's Queen Victoria ...

Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day. Police say they are investigating incident which saw the statue’s hand and nose knocked off ...

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 ...

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 ...