Statue of former Tasmanian premier cut down at night | ABC News

The statue of controversial former Tasmanian premier William Crowther has been cut down in the night. Crowther, a surgeon before he became premier, mutilated and stole the head of Aboriginal man William Lanne in 1869.
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