--- title: Egg Boy Who Ambushed Australian Senator Gets a Mural description: Here's what you need to know canonical: https://time.com/5553605/egg-boy-mural/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-18T17:00:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:10.276Z og:title: The Egg Boy Who Ambushed an Australian Senator Gets a Mural og:description: Here's what you need to know og:url: https://time.com/5553605/egg-boy-mural/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f8ed12bb09e8681/698946d07cdbac69c1d5f355/screen-shot-2019-03-16-at-2.55.21-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senator-Fraser-Anning-Egged og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Egg Boy Who Ambushed an Australian Senator Gets a Mural twitter:description: Here's what you need to know twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f8ed12bb09e8681/698946d07cdbac69c1d5f355/screen-shot-2019-03-16-at-2.55.21-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's Already a Mural for the Teen Who Cracked an Egg on the Senator  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 18, 2019 5:00 PM UTC  Twitter  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 18, 2019 5:00 PM UTC The fearless young man who [smashed an egg on the back of the head of Australian Senator Fraser Anning](http://time.com/5553049/senator-fraser-anning-egged/) has been honored with a mural in Melbourne’s famed Hosier Lane, known for its grafitti and street art. The young man, who has since been identified as [Australian 17-year-old William Connolly](http://time.com/5553381/australia-egg-boy-fundraiser/), but is better known to the Internet as “Egg Boy,” went viral after he broke an egg on Anning’s head after Anning blamed the recent fatal shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on Muslim immigrants. Anning responded by hitting Connolly in the face and later striking him again. On Sunday, artist Van T Rudd took to their Instagram to share an image of the mural they created to honor Egg Boy. “This mural just HAD to be done! A tribute to [#eggboy](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/eggboy/) and his glorious response to Australian politician [#fraseranning](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/fraseranning/) ‘s support of extreme right wing terror,” they wrote in the caption alongside the photo. “Solidarity with Muslims, refugees, migrants!” See the mural of Egg Boy below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5553605/egg-boy-mural/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5553605/egg-boy-mural/"},"headline":"There's Already a Mural for the Teen Who Cracked an Egg on the Senator","datePublished":"2019-03-18T17:00:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:10.276Z","description":"Here's what you need to know","url":"https://time.com/5553605/egg-boy-mural/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f8ed12bb09e8681/698946d07cdbac69c1d5f355/screen-shot-2019-03-16-at-2.55.21-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f8ed12bb09e8681/698946d07cdbac69c1d5f355/screen-shot-2019-03-16-at-2.55.21-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senator-Fraser-Anning-Egged","caption":"","creditText":"Twitter","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5553605/egg-boy-mural/","name":"There's Already a Mural for the Teen Who Cracked an Egg on the Senator"}}]}] ```