A colonial-era statue honouring a former premier who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man is vandalised on the eve of a decision on the appeal against its planned removal.
The statue of controversial former Tasmanian premier William Crowther has been cut down in the night, a day after an attempt got halfway through its legs.The vandalism came on the eve of a tribunal expected today on an appeal against the statue's planned removal by council.
On Wednesday morning, the statue was found face down on the ground next to the plinth, after being sawn off through the ankles.The downing of the statue comes a day after someone attempted to saw through the statue's ankles but stopped halfway. Last year, the council voted to remove the statue, which was appealed in the Tasmanian Tribunal of Civil and Administrative Tribunal.The council's chief executive, Michael Stretton, condemned the vandalism.
Crowther Statue Toppled Cut Down Hobart Franklin Square
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