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Ethan James

UNBELIEVABLE: Hobart council to remove divisive statue | History Defined

Hobart City Council has voted to remove the statue of former Tasmanian premier William Crowther. (Anthony Corke/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A contentious statue of a former Tasmanian premier who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man in 1869 will be taken down by the Hobart City Council.

William 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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