Captain James Cook set sail aboard the HMS Endeavour on Voyage of Discovery. The location of the wreckage has been up for ...

The final resting place of HMSEndeavour – the first European ship to reach the east coast of Australia – has been confirmed by the Australian National Maritime Museum. In a new report, 26 years of ...

Sir Joseph Banks, who had accompanied Captain Cook on HMS Endeavour’s voyage to the South Pacific (1768-1771), was appointed as an informal director to the Gardens by George III in 1773. Banks sent ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience research and mental health treatment. Laura is an editor and staff ...

A statue of Captain Cook, repeatedly targeted by vandals, has sparked debate among leaders after a council voted to remove it due to the high cost of its upkeep. The City of Yarra, which covers ...

People walk near a traffic cone where a monument of British explorer Captain James Cook once stood before it was removed following continued vandalism at a park Melbourne, Australia (Rod McGuirk ...

Yarra Council has voted to permanently remove a captain Cook Memorial after it was targeted by vandals last year. Picture: Josie Hayden “It is a sad indictment on the state of Melbourne that ...

Libertarian commentator Chrysten Abraham discusses the decision by the Yarra City Council not to restore their Captain Cook memorial after vandals continually targeted it. “It appears to be ...

Captain Cook wins the 2025 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Coglianese Photos/Walter Wlodarczyk Captain Cook wins the 2025 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Coglianese Photos/Walter ...

The biggest thing in 250 years probably has been Captain Cook and winning the premiership.” Linda Burney, the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, said people ...

Repeated vandalism of a Captain Cook memorial has prompted a local council to scrap the granite monument as repair costs escalate. Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues affecting ...