<P> Of the approximately 120' diggers' detained after the rebellion, thirteen were brought to trial . They were: </P> <Ul> <Li> Timothy Hayes, Chairman of the Ballarat Reform League, from Ireland </Li> <Li> James McFie Campbell, a black man from Kingston, Jamaica </Li> <Li> Raffaello Carboni, an Italian and trusted lieutenant who was in charge of the European diggers as he spoke a few European languages . Carboni self - published his account of the Eureka Stockade a year after the Stockade, the only comprehensive eyewitness account </Li> <Li> Jacob Sorenson, a Jew from Scotland </Li> <Li> John Manning, a Ballarat Times journalist, from Ireland </Li> <Li> John Phelan, a friend and business partner of Peter Lalor, from Ireland </Li> <Li> Thomas Dignum, born in Sydney </Li> <Li> John Joseph, a black American from New York City or Baltimore, United States </Li> <Li> James Beattie, from Ireland </Li> <Li> William Molloy, from Ireland </Li> <Li> Jan Vennick, from the Netherlands </Li> <Li> Michael Tuohy, from Ireland </Li> <Li> Henry Reid, from Ireland </Li> </Ul> <Li> Timothy Hayes, Chairman of the Ballarat Reform League, from Ireland </Li> <Li> James McFie Campbell, a black man from Kingston, Jamaica </Li>

What were some of the major events before the eureka stockade