Max Freedom Pollard | |
|---|---|
| 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]
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 committee. [1] [2] [9]
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]
The book ElementOP: Imprinting describes itself as introducing the following theories of ontogenetic plasticity: [11] [12]
That ethological imprinting exists in all higher-order species.
That the evolutionary advantage imprinting provides is an advantage to evolution itself, reducing difference-penalties so groups accept and propagate beneficial mutations in real time. The book proposes that the imprinting process allows evolution in relation to object type, rather than object form.
That three ethological imprinting processes exist in humans.
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." [13] The incident was covered broadly by Australian media [6] [14] including News Corp Australia. [15] [13] [6] [15]
Television coverage by 9News Sydney indicates Pollard was arrested for AK47 and Cobalt 60 possession. [16]
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, Robb J gave reasons on an interlocutory application concerning injunctive relief and a suppression/non-publication question in the Equity Division. [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. [5]