Billy Hughes egg-throwing incident

Egg Throwing Incident
"Who Threw That Egg?", a 1917 cartoon making reference to the incident. The egg is labelled "No Majority", the thrower's hat "Australia".
"Who Threw That Egg?", a 1917 cartoon making reference to the incident.
Date29 November 1917
Location
Warwick, Queensland
Caused byConscription
MethodsEgging; Civil disobedience
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On 29 November 1917, an egg was thrown at the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes at the Warwick railway station, Queensland, during his campaign for the 1917 plebiscite on conscription. The egg was thrown by Patrick Michael Brosnan, possibly assisted by his brother Bartie Brosnan.[1]

  1. ^ "SENIOR-SERGEANT KENNY ENTIRELY EXONERATED". Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 – 1919). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 December 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 18 October 2015.