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Tasmanian councillor’s proposal to drop Welcomes to, Acknowledgements of Country resoundingly defeated
An attempt to remove Aboriginal acknowledgements from Hobart City Council meetin...
Callan Morse 29 Jul 2025
Elder rejects Tasmanian councillor’s proposal to move Welcomes, Acknowledgements of Country
A Tasmanian Aboriginal Elder says he's saddened for a Hobart City councillor who...
Callan Morse 24 Jul 2025
Mayor’s January 26 comments prompt council meeting walkout
A Tasmanian local council meeting has descended into turmoil after councillors w...
Callan Morse 29 Jan 2025
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says remnants of toppled William Crowther statue should have stayed in Hobart's Franklin Square

Months after its toppling, the final bronze remains of Hobart's William Crowther statue have been removed from the city's Franklin Square. Crowther is known to have mutilated the body of Tasmanian Abo...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 12, 2024
“Lets start taking more down”: Nala Mansell calls for further colonial moment removals following toppling of Crowther statue

A prominent member of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community has called for the removal of more colonial statues while saying a recently vandalised monument in Tasmania's south should be left "the way it...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 22, 2024
Video emerges of the moment William Crowther statue is toppled

Video has emerged of Hobart's William Crowther statue being cut down from its foundation. The footage, posted to social media on Thursday shows two people dressed in black, one spray painting "what go...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 17, 2024
Statue of divisive premier to fall after council vote

The statue of a former Tasmanian premier who desecrated the body of an Aboriginal man in the 1800s will be taken down after passing a final city council vote.

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Ethan James Aug 24, 2023
Hobart City Council to remove colonial monument of ex-Premier who stole Aboriginal skull from morgue

Hobart City Council has voted to remove a statue of a contentious colonial figure from the city's centre. The monument of Tasmanian colonial figure William Crowther, which resides in central Hobart's...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 16, 2022
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