On the first anniversary of the burning down of the Eureka Hotel, 1855, Carboni was selling his self-published book, "The Eureka Stockade". Partly to record the heroism of his mates, partly to record the injustice of the tax collectors and traps (troopers) as well as to exonerate himself from the false charges and false witnesses that were brought against him.
It is unusual an historic event has such a fresh recollection of events and people as Carboni's book offers. Carboni's extravagant and dramatic use of language aside, it becomes obvious that a constant theme in his recollections is a mounting injustice. Carboni didn't care for Republicanism or Chartism, but his coin from his battle in Italy were government tyranny. The minefields of Ballarat in 1854 offered that in spades. (more)
