Ernest Chinnery

Ernest William Pearson Chinnery (5 November 1887 – 17 December 1972) was an Australian anthropologist and public servant.[1] He worked extensively in Papua New Guinea and visited communities along the Sepik river.

Ernest Chinnery
Australian anthropologist Ernest Chinnery at work in the middle Sepik, 1920s
Born
Ernest William Pearson Chinnery

(1887-11-05)5 November 1887
Waterloo, Victoria, Australia
Died17 December 1972(1972-12-17) (aged 85)
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Other namesChin
OccupationAnthropologist
Spouse
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(m. 1919; died 1970)​

Bibliography and sources
  • Chinnery Papers (Australian National Library)
  • E. J. B. Foxcroft, Australian Native Policy (Melb, 1941)
  • C. D. Rowley, The Destruction of Aboriginal Society (Canb, 1970);
  • Northern Territory, Annual Report, 1938–39; New Guinea, Report on the Administration of the Territory, 1938–39;
  • Government Gazette (Commonwealth), 14 Sept 1939
  • D. J. F. Griffiths, The Career of F. E. Williams, Government Anthropologist of Papua, 1922–1943 (M.A. thesis, Australian National University, 1977)
  • Gilbert Murray papers (National Library of Australia); A56, A73, A452 59/6066, 6067, A518 C828/2 (National Archives of Australia).

References
  1. West, Francis. "Chinnery, Ernest William Pearson (1887–1972)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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