The Hobart City Council launched a campaign - riddled with errors and based on unproven allegations - that set the scene for the vandalism and removal of the statue of Dr William Crowther in 2024.
Dr William Crowther's statue stood in Franklin Square for over 130 years. Most Tasmanians wanted the statue to remain, with many supporting interpretation being added that described what Dr Crowther was alleged to have done and the important context and practices of the 1880's.
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Dr Crowther's memorial was organised and paid for by the people.
People who adored him.
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The following donors came from all walks of life.
They paid for the bronze statue of Dr Crowther that was crafted in London by Mario Raggi and and the sandstone plinth upon which the bronze sat.
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The vandalism and removal of the statue is the ultimate disrespect to these hundreds of Tasmanians who organised and paid for this memorial.
ABBOTT, C
ABBOTT, J R
ABBOTT, W
AIREY, Mrs
ALCOCK, T H
ALLEN, W J & Mrs
ALLPORT, Cecil
ANDERSON, G
ANDERSON, J
ANDERSON, T
ANSELL, Francis
ANSELL, H
ANSON, Bros.
ARCHER, Miss
ARMSTRONG, John
ARMSTRONG, R F
ARNOLD, N
ATKINS, C
ATKINS, C J
ATKINS, R A
AYTON, J
AYTON, W P
BABINGTON, Mrs Grace
BAILY,
BAILY, J
BAILY, J I
BAILY, Thomas Arthur
BAIN, J
BAKEWELL, Mrs
BANKS, H
BARCLAY, C J
BARKER, Mrs T
BARKER, Mrs W
BARKER, W
BARNARD, J
BARNES, Mrs
BARNES, Mrs R
BARNES, W
BARNETT, H
BARNETT, W
BARRETT, Mrs J
BARROW, W
BATEMAN, G
BATT, H
BATT, W
BAYLEY, H W
BAYLEY, J Captain
BAYNTON, W
BEAUGARD, J
BEAUMONT, J
BELBIN, W
BELL, R
BELL, W T
BELL, William Thomas
BENNETT, J
BENTLER, Mrs
BENTLEY, W
BERRY, Mrs
BIDENCOPE, J
BILLINGHURST, J
BIRCH, W T
BIRCHALL, O
BLINAM, F W
BLUNDSTONE, J
BLYTH, Dr Robert
Warden of Sorell, Brother-in- law of Crowther,
Great Great Grandfather of Anne Blyth Burleigh
BOARD, E
BOLBIN, W
BOYCE, H
BRADFORD, H
BRADLEY, C
BRADLEY, Chas.
BRADLEY, J
BRADSHAW, G
BRAITHWAITE, Mrs
BRAMWICH, J
BRAY, Walter
BRAZZILLO, J H
BRIANT, G W
BRINDLEY, J
BROADFOOT, W
BROOKS, H
BROUGHTON, J
BROUGHTON, T
BROUGHTON, W
BROWN, F
BROWN, John
BROWN, Mrs
BROWN, N J Hon.
BROWNELL, W F
BROWNELL, William Percival
BRYANT, C A
BRYANT, F A
BRYOR, J
BUCHANAN, Mrs A M
BUCKLAND, C
BUCKLAND, J V Rev.
BUCKLATE, Wm.
BURBURY, A
BURDON, G
BURDON, J & Son
BURGESS, E J
BURGESS, W H - Hon.
BURGESS, W H Hon.
BURGOYNE, W
BURLES, J
BURLES, R
BURN, & son
BURN, Mrs
BURNETT, A
BURNETT, J
BUTLER, McINTYRE & BUTLER
BYE, Mrs
CALCUT, J
CALLAGHAN, J
CALVERT, C
CALVERT, Mrs Hannah
CAMPBELL, & MINCHIN,
CAMPBELL, J
CANE, R A
CAPURN, Thomas Captain
CAREY, J K B
CARMICHAEL, Mrs
CARTER, C
CHAFFEY, G N
CHANDER, W
CHANDLER, Mrs
CHAPMAN, E S
CHAPMAN, H W
CHAPMAN, I E
CHAPMAN, James
CHAPPLE, H
CHATLEY, Mrs
CHATTERTON, J
CHEESEMAN, J
CHEESEMAN, T
CHEVERTON, W
CHIDGEY, E
CHIDGEY, W
CLARK,
CLARK, A
CLARK, A I
CLARK, J
CLARK, J & W
CLARK, R T
CLAY, J
COATES, L
COATES, T E
COFFEY, J
COLDSTREAM, W
COLLEGE, W
COLLIER, W V
COLLINS, J
CONNORS, J
CONRAD, J P
COOK, H & Son
COOPER, G
COOPER, J R
COOPER, John
COOPER, Mrs
COPPING, H Capt.
CORRIGAN, Miss
COSTELLO, H
COTE, Hy
COULTHURST, H
COWBURN, William
New Norfolk
CRAWFORD, R
CRAWFORD, T Jun.
CRAWFORD, T Sen.
CRAWLEY, W
CRESWELL, Mrs
CRIPPS, William
CRISP, & CRISP
CRISP, Alfred
CROCKER, Miss F M A
CROFT, F
CRONLY, John
CRONLY, Joseph
CRONLY, P
CROSBY, W
CROSBY, William
CROSS, J
CROUCH, G S
CULLEN, W
CULLINGSWORTH, J
CUMMING A & Sons
CUNDY, W
CURRAN, D
CURRAN, W
CURRELL, Mrs
CURRIE, A
CURRIE, E
CURRIE, Mrs E
CURRIE, W
CURTIS, T B
CUSSACK, J
CUTHBERT, R
CUTHBERTSON, J
DALDY, H J
Franklin
DALTON, J
DAVEY, W J
DAVIES, C E
DAVIES, J G Mayor
DAVIS, C
DAVIS, W
DAWSON, J
DEAN, George
DEAN, J
DENNE, E
DENNE, J T
DIXON, E F
DOBSON, A Hon.
DOBSON, Henry
DODDS, J S Hon.
DODERY, W Hon.
DONNELLY,
DOUGLAS, A
Geelong, Victoria
DOVE, J
DOW, J
DOWARD, C
DOWDELL, J
DOYLE, W
DRAKE, & Co
DRAKE, E
DREW, Mrs
DRISCOLL, M
DRIVER, Mr & Mrs
DRUMM, A J
DUGGAN, Mrs
DUKE, Mrs
DUNCAN, W
DUNDERDALE, Mrs
DUSTER, J H
EADY, C J
EDGINGTON, W P
EDWARDS, G
EDWARDS, G H
EDWARDS, T W
EGGINGTON, W
ELDRIDGE, W M
ELLIOT, H M
ELLIOTT, J
ELLIOTT, W
ELLIS, E
ELLIS, W H
ELLISTON, & FEATHERSTONE
ENWRIGHT, J
EVANS,
EVANS, John
EVANS, Mrs
FACY, P Sen.
FALLOWS, A
FARQUHAR, E & J
FEARNLEY, E
FELTHAM, J
FERGUSON, W G
FERGUSON, W Sen.
FIELDING, H
FINLAY & WATCHORN
FINLAY,
FINLAY, A
Campbell Town
FINN, P
FIRTH, J T
FIRTH, W H
FISHER, E M
FISHER, Mrs
FITCH, F
FITZGERALD, G P
FITZSIMONS, R
FLANGHMAN, J W
FLEMING, Mrs
FLOOD, D
FLYNN, M
FLYNN, Mrs
FOAH SING WING, A
FOOKES, L
FORSTER, James
FORSYTH, J
FOSTER, Mrs
FOWLER, G W
FRANCIS, J
FREBY, T
FREEMAN, F J
FRYER, J R & Co
FULLER, F
FULTON, W B
FYSH, P O - Hon.
GALWAY, W
GARRARD, G
GARRARD, T Rev & Mrs & Miss
GARRARD, Thos.
GARRETT, M E
GARTH, Albert
GAYLOR, A
GEAPPEN, J
GEARY, R
GELLIBRAND, W A B - Hon
GELLIE, J
GIBLIN, Judge W R
GIBSON, W H
GIFFORD, Mrs E
GILES, C E
GILL, H H
GILLERAN, Rev. Father
GILLON, H
GILLON, John
GILLON, W
GILLON,T
GLEESON, John
GLENDERMING,W
GLOCK, Mrs E
GLOVER, H
GLOVER, T
GLOVER, W H
West Coast
GODDISON, C
GOODRICK, J
GORMLEY, T F
GORNEY,
GRANT, C H
GRANT, O H
GRAVELY, C
GRAVES, J
Southport
GRAVES, Joseph
Southport
GRAY, Dr.
Hamilton
GRAY, J
GRAY, James - MHA
GRAY, Jas.
GREEN, W
GRIFFITHS, D Capt.
GRIFFITHS, G
GRIFFITHS, J
GRIFFITHS, Miss
GRIMMOND, Bros.
GRIMOND, J D
GROVE, J W
GRUBB, F W - Hon.
GRUBB, Frederick William
GRUBB, William Dawson
GUESDON, W A
GUNNARD, M
HALL,
HALL, E
HALL, G H
HALL, L
HALL, Mrs
HAMILTON, John
HAMILTON, W
HARBOTTLE, C
HARDY, Wentworth Marmaduke
HARPER, J W
HARRIS, James
HARRIS, T
HARRIS, Thos
HARRISON,
HART, Hy
HART, T S
HARTAM, C
HASTINGS, W
HAWKINS,
HAWKS, J
HAWSON, E
HAYES, M J
Beaconsfield
HAYTON, W
HEALING, John
HEDBERG, Mrs O H
HEMPSEED, R
HENLEY, J H
HENNEBRY, Rev. Father
HENRY, M
HERON, W
HERRING, N
HICKLING, Mrs
HICKLING, W
HIDDLESTONE, G
HILL, J
HILL, R
HINIZE, W Dr
HISSEY, W
HOBART GAS CO EMPLOYEES,
HODGSON, LW - Hon.
HODGSON, W G
HOGAN, C
HOGGINS, J & Son
HOLDEN, C
HOLE, Mrs
HOLMES, F A
HOLMES, J
HOLMES, M A
HOLMES, Mrs
HOMER, Mrs
HOOD, Major L
HOOD, T L
HOOPER, John Elston
HOOPER, W
HOPWOOD, P
HORNE, J H
HORTON, Mrs Fanny
HOWE BICKERTON & Co
HOWE, J
HUBBARD, G
HUBBARD, M
HUDSON, J
HUGHES, J E
HUGHES, W
HULL, H
HUMPHREYS, T
HUNT, R
HURBURGH, W R
HURST, H S
HUYBERS, James Alfred
HYAMS, Mrs
HYATT, J
HYHAM, G
IBBOTSON, G
IBBOTSON, W
IFE, G W
IKIN, J
INCHEY, John
INNES, E
INNES, James
IVEY, Edward
JACK, W
JACKSON, Mrs C A
JACKSON, W F
JAMES, E
JAMES, G A
JAMES, H J
JARVIS, W J
JEFFREY, H
JENKINS, W
JENNINGS, T
JESSEN, P
JOHNS, D B
JOHNSON, Ann
JOHNSON, H
JOHNSON, J
JOHNSON, T
JOHNSON, W
JOHNSTON, A H
JOHNSTON, A R
JOHNSTON, A Snr.
JOHNSTON, C
JOHNSTON, James
JOHNSTON, M
JOHNSTON, R J
JOHNSTON, S P
JOHNSTON, T
JOHNSTON, T & Mrs.
JOHNSTONE,
JOHNSTONE, E
JOHNSTONE, R M
JOHNSTONE, W
JONES, Capt. J C
JONES, G
JONES, Mrs
KAYSER, H W F
Mount Bischoff - plus employees
KEALING, Mrs
KEARNEY, H
KEATING, J
KELLAND, R J
KELLY, J
KELLY, W
KEMP, E
KEMP, E H
KENDALL, T
KENNEDY, Captain
KENNEDY, J
KENNEDY, Mrs E
KENNEDY, P
KENNEDY, R & Sons
KENNY, Mrs
KERR, G
KERR, Mrs
KING, R
KING, W
KING, W G
KINGSLEY, J
KIRBY, S T
KNIGHT, C E
KNIGHT, H W
KNIGHTS, W
KNOWLES, & Mrs
KOERBIN, L A
KRAMER,
LAMBERT, A
LAMPRILL, F
LANE, M
LANGFORD, W
LAZARUS, E
LEAKE, A
Campbell Town
LEDWELL, J B
LEEMAN, Mrs
LEFEVRE, W
Macquarie Plains
LESTER, W
LEWIS, Henry
LEWIS, Neil
LEWIS, W
LISBY, W
LISSON, A
LITTLEHALES, F
LIVINGSTONE, H
LLOYD, J R
LOCKLEY, D
LONSDALE, Mrs
LORD, J Hon.
LOVELESS, B
LOVELL, May
LOVETT, Edward Frederick
LUCKHURST, G A
LUCKMAN, G Sen.
LUMSDEN, Mrs
LUTTRELL, W
LYDEN, J
LYONS, Mrs
MACBETH, T
MACE, F
MACFARLANE, It
MACFARLANE, James
MACFARLANE, John
MACFARLANE, Miss
MAGUIRE, M
MAHER, E
MAHER, P
MALES, George
MALES, W
MANSFIELD, Mrs
MANSON, A
MANSON, D
MANTON, Miss
MARSH, Bros
MARSHALL, T J – aka John
MARTIN, G
MARTIN, Mrs
MASON, John
MASON, Rev Canon
MASON, T
MASTERTON,
MATHER, A & Co
MATHERS, William
McARDELL P H
McBROWNE, Justin
McCANN, J R
McCLUSKEY, J J
McCRACKEN, A H
McCRACKEN, R
McCRASSEN, T
McDEVITT, W
McDONOUGH J
McDOUGALL, J
McDOWALL, J
McFARLAND, J
McFARLANE , J
McFARLANE, R
McFIE, W
McGINLAY, P
McGRATH, J
McGRATH, Mrs K
McGREGOR, A - Hon.
McGREGOR, A - Hon.
McGREGOR, A Hon.
McGREGOR, D
McGREGOR, J G
McGREGOR, John Gibson
McGUINIES, J
McKAY, & ROBERTSON
McKENZIE, J
McLAREN, W
McLEAN, R
McLEOD, A
McLEOD, J
McLOUGHLIN,J
McMILLAN, D
McNEIL, A
McNERNEY Mrs
McRORIE, W
Melbourne, Victoria
McVILLY, R
MEAD, C
MEDHURST, T W
MEECH, J R
MEREDITH, C
MERRY, Mrs
MEYERS, C
MICHIE, John
MICHIE, Sir Archibald
Victoria
MILES, Mrs
MILES, T
MILLER,
MILLER, A P
MILLER, Mrs
MILLER, R & Co
MILLIGAN, W W
MILNE, Mrs
MINTON, Mrs
MINTY, J
MITCHELL, A J
MITCHELL, J O
MITCHELMORE, P
MOLLOY, B
MOLLOY, T
MONK, F
MONTGOMERIE, W M
MOORE , Joshua
MOORE, D T
MOORE, F
MOORE, H
MOORE, Mrs
MOORE, W Hon.
MOREY, W
MORGAN, C
MORGAN, Miss C
MORLEY, Mrs W
MORRIS, J S
MORRIS, Mrs
MORRISON, Andrew
MORTON,
MORTON, A
MULCAHY, E
MURPHY, Rev. Father
MURRAY McGREGOR, E J
MURRAY McGREGOR, Miss J L
MURRAY, J T
MURREL, A
MYLER, Mrs
NAIRN, C C
NEILSON, J
NEILSON, S C
NEWMAN, A
NICOLSON, Rev. Dr. W
NIE, Tom
NORMAN, C
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O’BRIEN, J P
O’BRIEN, Mrs
O’BRIEN, P
O’BRIEN, R
O’CONNOR, O
O’DOHERTY, H
O’LOUGHLIN, A P
O’LOUGHLIN, M
O’REGAN, Rev. J
O’REILLY, C Hon.
O’RILEY, Rev. F
O’SHEA, P
O’SULLIVAN E
OAKES,
OATES, W Jun.
ODELL, F J
OKINES, Joseph
OLDHAM, T
OMANT, Thomas
ORPWOOD, M
OSBORNE, F
OSBORNE, F E
OSBORNE, R
OSWALD, G
OVERELL, & Co
OWEN, H
OXFORD, Mrs
PADMORE, T
PAGET, J
PAIKER, Mrs J G
PALMER, C & Mrs
PARKER, J G
PARKER, J G
PARKES, E
PATON, J
PATON, T
PEACOCK, G
PEARS, Mrs
PEARSALL, C
PEARSON, J
PEARSON, W & Mrs
PECK, S T
PEDDER, F
PENDER, F
PENNY, J C
PERRIMAN, G
PIESSE, Charles Alexander John
PIESSE, E J
PIESSE, E J Hon.
Treasurer
PIKE,
PIKE, F J
PILL, J
PINK, Mrs
PITMAN, C B
PREGNELL, J
PREGNELL, T
PRESTON, E
PRETYMAN, C Sen.
PRETYMAN, W
PRICE, H
PRIEST, Miss
PRIEST, Mr & Mrs
PRIEST, Mrs E
PROBATT, Mrs H
PROBIN, A C
PROPSTING, N H
PURCELL, E
PYBUS, W
PYBUS, W B
RANSOM, H Jun.
RANSOM, M
RANSOM, R
READING, G T
REDFERN, E V R
REDFERN, F
REEVE, P
REIBEY, T Hon.
Entally
REID, Albert
REID, T
REX, G W
REX, H
REYNOLDS, T A Erected the pedestal for the statue
RICHARDS, J
RICHARDS, Mrs Launceston
RIDDLE, J
RIDDOCH, A
RISBY, Bros.
RISBY, J E
ROBB, Jas
ROBERTS, & Co
ROBERTS, J
ROBERTS, John - Hon
Treasurer
ROBERTS, S W
ROBERTSON, Jas.
ROBINSON, Capt. J W
Captain of Dr Crowther’s ‘Offley’
ROBINSON, F
ROBINSON, H
ROBINSON, H Capt.
ROBINSON, II Capt.
ROBINSON, Mrs
ROBINSON, Mrs K
RODWAY, Leonard
ROLLINS, C
ROLLINS, Mrs
ROPER, J J
ROSE J
ROSS,
Son of renowned ship builder- Battery Point
ROUT, C B
ROWE, J
ROWELL, J
ROWLANDS, G
ROWNTREE, Edward W
RUSH, T
RUSSELL, J
RUSSELL, R D
RYAN, P
SALIER, G & J
SALMON, S
SALTER, F
SALTER, W
SARGEANT, D
SARGEANT, J
SCANLAN, M
SCHOFIELD, Miss
SCHOFIELD, Mrs
SCHOLES, D
SCOTT, B
SCOTT, Mrs
SCURRAH, E
SEABROOK, G S
SEATH, Mrs
SELF, G
SELF, T E
SEMPLE, Mrs
SHARPLES, Miss M A
SHARPLES, Mrs
SHAW, B
SHAW, J
SHAW, W
SHEEHY, T
SHERIDAN, John
SHERRIN, H & Family
SHIELDS, J G
SHIELDS, R J
SHIELDS, R Snr.
SHIELDS, T
SHIRLEY, John
SHREEVE, T
SHREEVE, W
SHREEVE, W Jun.
SIMMONS, J
SIMMONS, Rev. J W
SIMSON, H
Buckland
SINCLAIR,
SINCLAIR, P J
SINCLAIR, W B
SKINNER, Miss
SMALES, A N
SMALLHORN, G
SMITH, Arthur
SMITH, E
SMITH, H
SMITH, Henry
SMITH, J
SMITH, James
SMITH, M
SMITH, Mrs E
SMITH, Mrs J
SMITH, Mrs James
New Zeland
SMITH, Mrs T
SMITH, Mrs W
SMITH, S
SMITH, Sarah
SMITH, W
SMITH, William Capt
Captain of the ‘Offley’- (Crowther’s ship)- (Recherche)
SOLOMON, Joseph
SPEAKMAN, W
SPENCER, J
SPENCER, R F
SPRENT, C
STABB,
STABB, Bros
STABB, It. H
STABB, R H
STALKER, D
STANFIELD, T
STAPLES,
STEED, Mrs
STEEL, Miss
STEELE, J G
STEVENSON, W
STEWART, F
STIMPSON, Mrs
STIMPSON,E
STOPS, F
STORT, J
STRANG, A
STUMP, T
SUSMAN, H
SUSMAN, L
SUSMAN, Master M
SWIFT, J
SWINTON, A
SWINTON, R
TAYLOR, Alexander Battery
TAYLOR, Annie
TAYLOR, J
TAYLOR, W
TEIGE, A
THACKRAY, E
TIBBALLS, J
TILT, H G
TOLMAN, J
TONKIN, Mrs Jane
TRAVERS, G H
TREVIN, James
TRICKEY, R
TRINDOR, F
TUBBERTY, M & Mrs
TURNER, J
TURNER, J G
TURNER, Mrs J
TURNLEY, R H
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TURVEY, G
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VALENTINE, E
VALENTINE, W D
VAUTIN, H
WALCH & GIBLIN
WALCH, & Sons
WALKER, Miss
WALLIS, L
WALTERS, J H
WALTERS, Mrs
WALTON, L
WARD,
WARD, F H
WARD, T
WARE, A
WARE, John
WARE, W
WARNER, H J
WARNER, W H
WATERHOUSE, R S
WATKINS, W
WATSON, C
WATSON, S
WATT, Mrs
WATT, Mrs M A
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WEAVER, W G
WEBSTER, W
WEEKES, James
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WELLS, J
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WEST, R
WESTBROOK, H L
WHITE & WALKER
WHITE, G & Mrs
WHITE, John
WHITE, Joseph
WHITE, W H A
WHITESIDES, Edward
WHITESIDES, James
WHITNEY, A
WHITWORTH, Mrs
WHOOKEY, W
WICKS, G
WIGGINS, Mrs R B
WIGGINS, R B
WIGNALL, B
WILKINSON,
WILKINSON, F B
WILKINSON, John
WILLERS, D
WILLIAMS, D
WILLIAMS, E
WILLIAMS, J
WILLIAMS, Mrs
WILLIAMS, R M
WILLIAMS, T
WILLIAMS, T G & Family
WILLIAMS, T Max
WILLIAMS, W
WILLIAMS, W G
WILLIAMS, W M
WILLIAMS, W S
WILLIAMSON, W
WILLMOTT, J
WILLS, W
WILSON, E
WILSON, E P
WILSON, G H
WILSON, Geo.
WILSON, J
WILSON, Miss
WILSON, Mrs Sen.
WILSON, W
WITNEY, F
WITT, W
WOOD,
WOOD, J
WOODS, The Very Rev, Dean
WOOLLEY, J
WORBEY, R
WORK, R
WRAINCH, Mrs Thomas
YOUL, A Evandale
YOUNG, F
YOUNG, G
YOUNG, Russell
YOUNG, T
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