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Former Australian Idol contestant Kate Cook has died. Cook, who appeared on the singing competition show in 2009, was found dead by authorities in a wooded area near her home in Lowood, Queensland ...

The Australian city of Melbourne will not replace a damaged monument to British explorer James Cook, a local mayor has said, for fear it will inevitably be vandalised again. The granite-and-bronze ...

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 ...

Australia’s bushfire summer and the coronavirus pandemic have put paid to many events planned to celebrate 250 years since Captain James Cook’s arrival, but others are going online. Captain James Cook ...

One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the championship ...

Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Zac Stubblety-Cook OAM has been named on a five-strong Australian Swim Team Athlete Leadership Group set to guide the Dolphins through to the Paris Olympic Games. The ...

Statues of colonial figures like James Cook were frequently targeted by vandals to highlight the struggles of Australia’s Indigenous peoples. (EPA Images pic) The Australian city of Melbourne will not ...