William Crowther

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.

Cr Reynolds said the statue would be conserved and potentially reinterpreted. Lanne died aged 34 from cholera and dysentery. Relief as the motion to relocate the Crowther statue passes 7 to 4. ‘‘This is such a small step to reconciliation. A first for the whole country! You'll go down in history as being on the right side.

"It's just such a great day to be able to celebrate the fact that Tasmania is leading the...

There's no need to obfuscate. "There's no need to defer. The council unanimously voted to develop a Monuments Policy for future additions and removals to the City's collection. "We can actually see what the community of Hobart really, really wants and we expand consultation to organisations or people that were not part of the original consultation process," he said. "For too long, we have had to endure the racist statue of William Crowther, which celebrates the grave robbing and dehabitation of William Lanne based solely on his race and based solely on the fact of the claim that Tasmanian Aborigines no longer exist." Hobart City councillors have voted to remove a statue of a man who mutilated the body of a Tasmanian Aboriginal man.

Sky News host Chris Smith says it would be an “Australian first” to cancel an early civic leader because of his crimes against Indigenous people.

Carrie Bickmore, Waleed Aly and Peter Helliar have butted heads with their The Project co-host Steve Price over whether statues of historical figures should ...

The removal of the statue will make Tasmania the first state to remove a monument to a former premier. Price shot back that “maybe they did have all the information and things have changed, times have changed”. Price argued that it was wrong to bring down statues because it was “erasing” history, while Bickmore argued that “the public at the time didn’t have all the information” about Crowther or other historical figures and we now needed to “adapt and change”.

"It's just such a great day to be able to celebrate the fact that Tasmania is leading the...

There's no need to obfuscate. "There's no need to defer. The council unanimously voted to develop a Monuments Policy for future additions and removals to the City's collection. "We can actually see what the community of Hobart really, really wants and we expand consultation to organisations or people that were not part of the original consultation process," he said. "For too long, we have had to endure the racist statue of William Crowther, which celebrates the grave robbing and dehabitation of William Lanne based solely on his race and based solely on the fact of the claim that Tasmanian Aborigines no longer exist." Hobart City councillors have voted to remove a statue of a man who mutilated the body of a Tasmanian Aboriginal man.

For years, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has been calling for the removal of the statue of William Crowther who committed 'racist and barbaric actions' to ...

“There are so many Tasmanian Aboriginal warriors who contributed so much to the Aboriginal society. It’s the beginning of an important new chapter in our history,” she said. “We’re so grateful to see Tasmania leading the way . . . the invasion and colonisation of Aboriginal lands right across the country have seen many statues and plaques around the country, glorifying such racist actions," she said. But, we don't learn about their lives at school we learn about Ned Kelly, we learn about many colonial figures, but none of the lives of Aboriginal people in this state have been celebrated,” she said. “I’m very proud to be here tonight in this moment talking about it and it’s important to note that within our City of Hobart Vision that the community asks us to be bold and brave and this is one of those opportunities to listen and respond to our community,” said the Councilor. “Tasmanian Aboriginal people have been fighting for the removal of the statue of William Crowther,” she said.

The Hobart City Council has voted to remove a 133-year-old statue of former Tasmanian premier William Crowther in a landmark decision.

It’s the beginning of an important new chapter in our history,” she said. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Stream more on politics with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place.