Carboni
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| Flag of Carboni | |
| Motto: Stand truly by each other | |
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| Region | Forest |
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| Capital | Bakery Hill |
| Official Language(s) | English, Italian, German |
| Leader | Raffaello Carboni |
| Population | over 3 billion |
| Currency | eureka |
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"BASTA COSI!"
Carboni is a puppet nation of Errinundera inspired by the Eureka Stockade rebellion and massacre of 1854. The purpose in creating the nation was to try to legislate on issues in a way that I imagine the rebelling miners would like to have done. For an added twist, I am trying to meet the environmental standards expected in a region such as Forest (so far to little effect).
An account of the rebellion can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Stockade
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The leader, Raffaello Carboni, was an Italian rebel at the stockade who was subsequently tried and acquitted of treason. He is the author of the only surviving eye-witness account of the events, appropriately named "The Eureka Stockade". It is out of copyright and can be downloaded from Gutenberg at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3546.
The pre-nomen "Great Works" was Raffaello Carboni's nickname, so given because it was a favourite expression of his. In Italian it is "Basta Cosi".
Flag
This was the flag of the rebelling miners at the stockade on Bakery Hill in Ballarat. It was designed by the ex-patriot Canadian miner and rebel, Henry Ross, and sewed together by Anastasia Withers, Anne Duke and Elizabeth Hayes. After the massacre, one of the troopers, John King, pulled the flag down and kept it as a souvenir. Over the years pieces were cut off and distributed as mementoes. The remains of the flag are now displayed at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. Many people would like to see this become the national flag of Australia. For others it has something of a ratbag connotation as extreme political groups from both the left and right have adopted it.
Motto
The flag was first unfurled on Bakery Hill. The leader of the rebellion, Peter Lalor, led 500 miners in reciting the following oath:
We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other, and fight to defend our rights and liberties.
National Animal
Peter Lalor led the rebellion and was injured in the massacre resulting in the amputation of an arm. Afterwards he was hidden by supporters. With public opinion solidly behind the miners and with juries acquitting all those charged, significant reforms were introduced into the Victorian political system. Lalor was appointed to the Victorian parliament in 1855 and elected in 1856. Some people say that the event was the birthplace of Australian democracy, ultimately leading to federation in 1901.
National Currency
The eureka - say no more.
