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.

Two British tourists have drowned off the coast of a popular tourist town at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. A ...

The four spears were taken by Captain Cook's crew during their first contact with Australia in 1770. Captain Cook Square is being redeveloped into a leisure destination to attract new businesses.

They are the same “lances” that were taken – or stolen – from Botany Bay by Captain James Cook’s party during their first recorded contact with Australia’s Indigenous people on April ...