‘A small step to reconciliation’: Hobart council to remove statue of William Crowther who stole Aboriginal skull from morgue
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#62H0B)
Former Tasmanian premier mutilated body of William Lanne in 1869 and sent skull to Royal College of Surgeons in London
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A statue of former Tasmanian premier, William Crowther, who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man in 1869 will be taken down by Hobart city council.
Crowther, a surgeon and politician, stole the skull of William Lanne from a morgue and sent it to the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
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