They are all that remain from a collection of 40-50 stolen by James Cook and the crew of HMB Endeavour in 1770 – during the ...
A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before ...
It is named after Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist on Captain Cook's 1770 voyage of discovery and key advocate for establishing a colony at Botany Bay. Banks has been held by the Labor Party since ...