Thanks R-J for directing me to this thread. I hadn't expected to find a discussion on the history of the Eureka Stockade episode itself in this section of the forum, but then I notice that it started off discussing songs about the event.
Isn't it interesting that any suggestion of an Irish dimension to the story is still so obviously resented in some quarters, even from some who would abhor the 'racism' of the miners? A manifestation of the old 'croppies lie down' attitude resurfacing in the first decade of the 21st century? You've had your turn at being 'fashionable' now back to your proper place.