y separately published work icon Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies periodical issue   peer reviewed assertion
Alternative title: Small Worlds
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... vol. 25 no. 1 2021 of Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies est. 2007 Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies
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A World of One : Poorne Yarriworri and Australian Sport, Roy Hay , single work biography

'Poorne Yarriworri (c. 1844–1889), better known as Albert ‘Pompey’ Austin, inhabited the smallest possible world—a world of one. He was the only Indigenous person to play top-level Australian football in Victoria in the nineteenth century. He was far more than a footballer and in his brief life he was an athlete (pedestrian, as they were known in those days), cricketer, possibly a boxer, racehorse owner, jockey and horse-breaker, artist, musician, explorer, entertainer and public speaker. His son and grandson carried the ‘Pompey’ name into the next two generations. His memory lingered long after his death but then he was forgotten until he was rediscovered in the late twentieth century. Though he is known to sports historians, his extraordinary life is virtually unknown in the general community. It is time he was given the appreciation his contribution to Australian life and culture deserves.' (Publication abstract)

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