Raffaello Carboni

Raffaello Carboni (1817-1875) was an Italian writer, patriot, and adventurer best known for his firsthand account of the Eureka Stockade. Born in Urbino, Italy, he was involved in the 1848-49 revolutions before fleeing to London ad later migrating to Australia in 1853. On the Ballarat goldfields, he joined the miners' movement and played a role in the 1854 Eureka Rebellion. After being acquitted of treason, he published The Eureka Stockade in 1855, the only eyewitness narrative of the uprising. Carboni returned to Italy, continuing his literary pursuits until his death in Rome in 1875.