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A colonial-era statue honouring a former Australian premier who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man has been toppled by vandals ahead of its planned removal.

In a ruling on Wednesday, a tribunal upheld a landmark decision to have the monument to William Crowther in Tasmania taken down permanently - putting to rest years of debate.

But in the hours before the ruling protesters cut down the structure by sawing through its legs.

The plinth was then left graffitied with the words "what goes around" and "decolonize".

Crowther is accused of cutting off and stealing the skull of William Lanne, an Aboriginal Tasmanian leader known as "King Billy", whose body was dismembered and used for scientific research after his death in 1869.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How good are vandals though

[–] FlyingSquid 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They didn't do so well against Rome.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They did well enough be a word root for a verb... not many cultures become a verb.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah, but mostly only because they sacked Rome once Rome was virtually undefended anyway. But it was the first time it happened in centuries, so I guess someone decided it was important.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What exactly is the statement being made by knocking down a monument that was going to be taken down anyway? It seems pointless.

[–] Altofaltception 19 points 4 months ago

But in the hours before the ruling protesters cut down the structure by sawing through its legs.

(Emphasis mine). There had been years of debate around whether this statue should come down or not. If there was a chance it could go the other way, those protestors eliminated it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago