The medal will form part of a Whitby exhibition marking 300 years since Captain Cook's birth.

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MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James Cook because it would be destroyed again. But the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James Cook because it would be destroyed again. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A traffic cone sits where a monument of the British explorer once stood (AP) Statues and monuments to the 18th-century naval ...

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 ...

The bronze medal, issued to commemorate the death of explorer Captain James Cook, will go on display at the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby ...

SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian state government leader said on Monday she was considering tougher laws to protect monuments after two statues of British explorer James Cook were vandalized in Sydney. Two ...

An often vandalised monument to renowned British explorer James Cook in Melbourne, Australia, will not be repaired due to the growing cost of doing so, however, authorities reject accusations that the ...