His Honour Magistrate John Abernethy | |
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State Coroner of New South Wales | |
In office 2000–2007 | |
Appointed by | Bob Debus |
Preceded by | Derrick Hand |
Succeeded by | Mary Jerram |
Personal details | |
Born | Wagga Wagga |
Profession | Coroner, Magistrate |
John Birley Abernethy [1] (born 1947 in Wagga Wagga,Australia) is a former State Coroner of New South Wales.
John Birley Abernethy was born in Wagga Wagga,New South Wales in 1947. [2] His father,Robert Neil Abernethy, [3] was a bank officer;and his mother was a registered nurse. [2] He has a younger sister,Myra who suffered from an illness which resulted in the family's relocating from rural New South Wales to Epping,a northern suburb of Sydney. [2]
Abernethy attended Epping Public School and Epping Boys' High School. [2] He completed the Leaving Certificate with strong results,allowing him to matriculate to university. [2] In his final year of high school,he was elected a prefect of the school. [2]
Abernethy earned a Graduate Diploma in Law,by correspondence,from the Bar Admission Board via the Law Extension Committee of the University of Sydney (BAB;now Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB)). [4]
After leaving high school,In 1965,Abernethy joined the (then) Petty Sessions Branch of the New South Wales Department of Attorney General and Justice, [2] [5] where he worked until he became a Stipendiary Magistrate in 1984. [2] For three years after his appointment as a Stipendiary Magistrate,Abernethy sat as a Relieving Magistrate and,later,as a Magistrate at Fairfield and Parramatta Local Courts. [2]
In 1975,Abernethy was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales as a Barrister-at-Law. [5]
In 1971,Abernethy was appointed Coroner for the State of New South Wales. [5]
In 1984,Abernethy was appointed a Stipendiary Magistrate for New South Wales;a year later,he was appointed a Magistrate for New South Wales under the Local Courts Act 1982 (NSW), [5] as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales. [2]
In 1994,Abernethy was appointed New South Wales Deputy State Coroner;in 1996,he was appointed New South Wales Senior Deputy State Coroner;and,in 2000,he was appointed State Coroner of New South Wales. [2] [5] During his tenure as State Coroner,his office oversaw the inquest into the death of Vanessa Anderson;the inquest itself was presided over by Deputy State Coroner Carl Milovanovich. [6]
Abernethy presided over the inquest into the death of Tegan Lane,the daughter of Australian water polo player Keli Lane. [7]
Following his retirement,Abernethy has commented on the car pursuits by the New South Wales Police Force,arguing in favour of them to prevent the escape of criminals. [8]
In 2005,Abernethy was detected to have exceeded the legal speed limit of 40 km/h while driving in a school zone,resulting in the suspension of his driver's licence. [9]
Although born to and raised in a Presbyterian family,Abernethy left the church as a young man. [2] In later life,he converted to Roman Catholicism. [2]
Abernethy lives in West Pennant Hills,New South Wales. [3]
Francis Edward de Groot was a member of the fascist,paramilitary organisation,the New Guard of Australia,who was most famous for intervening on horseback during the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932,cutting the tape before the Premier of New South Wales,Jack Lang,could do so. Earlier,he had been an antique dealer,and a maker of fine furniture and shop fittings.
The Gerogery level crossing accident was a vehicle-train crash that occurred at Bells Road on the Olympic Highway,where it crossed the Main Southern railway in Gerogery,New South Wales,Australia. The crash occurred on 27 January 2001 at 16:07 and resulted in five fatalities in a car that was struck by a Melbourne-bound XPT service travelling at 160 kmh. Although the train derailed in the impact,there were no deaths to the train passengers or crew. The crash site extended for more than 1 km south of the level crossing,with vehicle,train and rail track debris found throughout. There had been a continuing series of crashes at the level crossing prior to the fatal crash,resulting in the local road and rail authorities installing perceptual countermeasures such as warning signs and enhanced road markings in attempts to provide more information to drivers of the crossing location and characteristics and to influence vehicle approach speeds.
The 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 54th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney,New South Wales. It was the most disastrous in the race's history,with the loss of six lives and five yachts. 55 sailors were rescued in the largest peacetime search and rescue effort ever seen in Australia.
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