Former Premier’s Statue Sawn Off at Ankles and Spraypainted

Published on May 15, 2024

A statue of a former Tasmanian state premier has been sawn off at the ankles and vandalised with graffiti in what appears to be the latest incident in a wider movement aimed at toppling effigies of prominent people linked with colonisation. The statue of William Crowther was found face-down on the ground in Franklin Square, located in Hobart CBD, after it had been sawn off at the ankles. The plinth on which it stood, had been spraypainted with the phrases “What goes around” and “decolonize.” An earlier attempt on May 14 was left unfinished when vandals stopped sawing around two-thirds of the way through....

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