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Captain James Cook Statue, Hyde Park, Sydney

New South Wales, Australia

A bronze statue of the British explorer Captain James Cook stands in Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia. Designed by Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood sculptor Thomas Woolner and unveiled in 1879, the statue is larger than life and depicts Cook holding a telescope in his left hand with his right hand extended towards the sky.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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