Captain James Cook

Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James
Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia
Day weekend.
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Australia Day is a national holiday that is held each year on 26
January - the anniversary of Britain's First Fleet landing at Sydney
Cove in 1788. Many Indigenous Australians say the date causes them
pain.
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The statue - which was first unveiled in 1874 - was previously
targeted in February last year, when it was covered with red paint and
had parts of its sandstone damaged. Works to repair and restore it
were completed a month later.

There are several Captain Cook statues across Australia, and others
have also been vandalised on or around 26 January

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