Australia police launch investigation

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.
Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day
While Cook is historically recognised as the explorer who charted and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, his arrival is also seen as a prelude to the violent colonisation, dispossession and systemic oppression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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 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,
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.
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