More concern over sculpture plans
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Tasmania's Aboriginal community is angry that the Hobart City Council didn't seek its input into a proposed art work for the Sandy Bay foreshore.
The Council wants to erect a 10-metre high cylindrical sculpture at Blinking Billy Point at a cost of $300,000.
The art work is to be lit at night, which the council says will represent a lighthouse and an Aboriginal campfire.
The Aboriginal Land Council's Hanke Horton is perplexed at how the council's reached its view when it has consulted any aboriginal people.
"It doesn't look anything like a campfire at all and I can't see how they can actually assume that that's going to symbolise an Aboriginal campfire," he said.
"It certainly isn't from our perspective and I know the Aboriginal community are very disappointed with it."
Local residents are organising a petition to oppose the sculpture.
