Albert Pompey Austin A Man Between Two Worlds

Biography & Memoir History Australiana

Albert Pompey Austin: A Man Between Two Worlds by Roy Hay traces the remarkable life of a Yorta Yorta man who navigated the fault-line between Aboriginal tradition and settler Australia. Hay’s crisp biography follows Austin from mission stations to the boxing tents, football fields and riverboats that shaped his identity.

Set along the Murray and across regional Victoria, the book shows how Austin became a respected cultural broker, interpreter and athlete in the early 1900s. Hay draws on family recollection and rare archival records to illuminate the choices forced on Indigenous Australians between resistance and adaptation.

This 2020 paperback edition arrives in very good condition—crisp spine, clean pages, no marks or dog-ears, from a smoke-free home. Ideal for readers of Australian history, Indigenous biography, or anyone seeking a fresh perspective on race relations in rural Australia.

Compact and readable, Hay’s narrative offers young adults and general readers an accessible window into one man’s journey through two worlds.