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Max Freedom Pollard | |
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| Born | 1993 (age 31–32) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Notable works | New Testament: Immaculata Version ElementOP: The Imprinting Process In Humans |
Max Freedom Pollard (born 1993) is an Australian author and library administrator, listed as President Emeritus of The Library, a public library in Seven Hills, Australia.[1] He published New Testament: Immaculata Version (2021) and ElementOP: Imprinting (2025) and serves on the University of Adelaide Library committee.[2][3] In October 2024 he was apprehended in Sydney following what media described as an armed siege, and judgements from his earlier 2023–2024 civil proceedings now form part of New South Wales case law.[4][5][6][7]
Literary Career
[edit]Pollard published New Testament: Immaculata Version in 2021 and ElementOP in 2025.[3] He has also published work on other Semitic languages.[8]
He is listed as President Emeritus of The Library, a public library in Seven Hills, and as a member of the University of Adelaide Library's Friends of the Library Committee.[1][2][9]
Immaculata Translation
[edit]Pollard's New Testament: Immaculata Version (2021) translation implements verse and chapter change, as opposed to merely word change. The translation claims to fix inaccuracies introduced along with the verse-and-chapter system introduced in the middle ages.[10]
ElementOP: Imprinting
[edit]The book ElementOP claims to introduce new theories of ontogenetic plasticity, described in the books synopsis:[11][12][13]
That ethological imprinting is a process trait present in all advanced species.
That the evolutionary advantage imprinting provides is an advantage to the evolutionary process itself, allowing evolution in relation to organism and object type, as opposed to form.
That ethological imprinting processes which shape behavioural perception are identifiable in humans.
2024 Sydney police operation
[edit]On 22–23 October 2024, New South Wales Police attended an apartment building in the Coogee area, advising the public to avoid the area as specialist officers responded.[7] According to the police, "just after 8.20 pm, police gained access to the unit and the man was arrested," and officers later "located and seized two allegedly unauthorised firearms and a ballistic vest."[14] The incident was covered broadly by Australian media[6][15] including News Corp Australia.[16][14][6][16]
Television coverage by 9News Sydney indicates Pollard was arrested for AK47 and Cobalt 60 possession.[17]
Supreme Court litigation
[edit]In 2023–2024, Pollard was a self-represented defendant in civil proceedings brought by his former employer Aland Care Pty Ltd in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
In Aland Care Pty Ltd v Pollard [2023] NSWSC 1466, Aland Care Pty Ltd sued Pollard, seeking a non-publication order to restrain Pollard from publishing matters in dispute. A permanent non-publication order was granted. The case became a part of the less than 1% selected to become published Caselaw, and details of the dispute are published on the NSW Caselaw website.[4]
In Aland Care Pty Ltd v Pollard [2024] NSWSC 439 The Hon. Justice Francois Kunc dismissed Pollard's motion to summarily dismiss the proceedings under Part 9.4AAA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ruling that owners corporations are not "eligible recipients" under the act.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Library". Australian Libraries Gateway. National Library of Australia. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Meet the Committee". University Library, University of Adelaide. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Max Freedom Moussa Pollard". Amazon. 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Aland Care Pty Ltd v Pollard [2023] NSWSC 1466 (30 November 2023)". NSW Caselaw. Supreme Court of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Aland Care Pty Ltd v Pollard [2024] NSWSC 439 (19 April 2024)". NSW Caselaw. Supreme Court of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b c McSweeney, Jessica (23 October 2024). "Bizarre videos emerge from inside 10-hour eastern suburbs siege". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b Theocharous, Mikala (22 October 2024). "Police operation in Sydney's eastern suburbs with man holed up in apartment". 9News. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Max, Pollard (2024). "Revisiting the "Camel and the Needle": A Philological Recontextualization of Phoenician Letter Nomenclature". Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14848051. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Friends of the Library". University Library. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ Pollard, Max Freedom (2021). New Testament: Immaculata Version. Heritage Press. ISBN 9782045479980. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "ElementOP: Imprinting". Amazon. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "ElementOP: The Imprinting Process In Humans". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "ElementOP: The Imprinting Process In Humans". Booktopia. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Man Charged After Eastern Beaches Police Operation" (Press release). NSW Police Force (via Mirage News). 23 October 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ McSweeney, Jessica (23 October 2024). "Bizarre videos emerge from inside 10-hour eastern suburbs siege". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b McCallum, Jake; Jackson, Tyson; Tyson, William; Cuneo, Clementine (23 October 2024). "Accused's strange Instagram posts during 10-hour siege". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Man in court over Randwick siege". 9News Sydney. Retrieved 25 August 2025 – via Facebook.
External links
[edit]Friends of the University of Adelaide Library