William Crowther: statue of Tasmanian premier who beheaded body of Aboriginal man to be taken down
by Cait Kelly and Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6E43D)
Hobart city council votes to remove statue of colonial figure eight votes to two
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The statue of a former Tasmanian premier who beheaded the body of an Aboriginal man will be taken down after passing a final vote.
William Crowther, a prominent surgeon, broke into a Hobart morgue in 1869, removed the skull of William Lanne and sent it to the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
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