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The Eureka Stockade
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The Eureka Stockade is Carboni's eccentric yet shrewd account of the events leading up to and beyond the miners' revolt on the Victorian goldfields in 1854.
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The Eureka Stockade is Carboni's eccentric yet shrewd account of the events leading up to and beyond the miners' revolt on the Victorian goldfields in 1854.
Raffaello Carboni (1817-1875) was born in Urbino, Italy. He arrived at the Victorian goldfields in 1853 and witnessed the attack on the Eureka Stockade in 1854 as a member of the miners' central committee. He eventually returned to Italy to participate in the Risorgimento.
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ISBN: 9781920897406
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 December 2004
Country: Australia
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Illustration: 4 b&w ill.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 145g
Pages: 117
About the Author
Rafaello Carboni (1817β1875) was born in Urbino, Italy. After the fall of the Roman Republic in 1850 he fled to London and then Melbourne, arriving on the Ballarat goldfields in 1853.
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