Mary Jerram is the State Coroner of New South Wales. She was appointed by New South Wales Government Attorney-General John Hatzistergos, with the announcement made on 3 May, 2007. Mary Jerram replaced John Abernethy and is the first female State Coroner of New South Wales. Prior to this appointment, Mary Jerram had a career as solicitor and later a magistrate for almost 13 years, being the former Deputy Chief Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales. Whilst the Deputy Chief Magistrate, Mary Jerram provided advise with regards to legislative and other proposals of assistance to the New South Wales Government and also education for other magistrates. Mary Jerram will be assisted by Deputy State Coroner Paul MacMahon and started in the position on 7 May, 2007.
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“The first general store opened on the ‘Cold Saturday’ of the winter of 1833 ... Mrs. Mary Miller, daughter of the store’s promoter, recorded in a letter: ‘Chickens and birds fell dead from their roosts, cows ran bellowing through the streets’; but she failed to state what effect the freeze had on the gala occasion of the store opening.”
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