A hugely controversial statue of a colonial figure will be removed from the city centre following a vote form the Hobart City Council.
The statue of former Tasmanian Premier and surgeon William Crowther is set to be removed from Hobart’s Franklin Square following a majority vote form the city council.
Crowther’s statue has been a major cause for debate within the Aboriginal community since it was erected in 1889.
Crowther has been widely criticised for his actions in 1869, after he broke into the Hobart Morgue, decapitated deceased aboriginal man William Lanne and switched his head with another before sending Lanne’s head to the Royal College of Surgeons for scientific purposes.
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