An Australian city council has voted to take down the statue of a colonial figure who was criticised for being involved in the mutilation of a deceased Aboriginal man. 
William Crowther, former Tasmanian Premier and a surgeon, reportedly removed the skull of Aborigine William Lanne from a morgue and sent it to the Royal College of Surgeons in London. 
As a result, Crowther was suspended from his role as honorary medical officer at Hobart General hospital before becoming premier nine years later.
Hobart City Council on Monday voted 7-4 in favour of removing the Crowther statue from Franklin Square in the capital’s CBD after years of campaigning from Aboriginal groups. …