John Abernethy

John Birley Abernethy (born 1947 in Wagga Wagga, Australia) is a former State Coroner of New South Wales. Early life and education John Birley Abernethy was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales in 1947. His father, Robert Neil Abernethy, was a bank officer; and his mother was a registered nurse. 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. Abernethy attended Epping Public School and Epping Boys' High School. He completed the Leaving Certificate with strong results, allowing him to matriculate to university. In his final year of high school, he was elected a prefect of the school. 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)).