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
Died	17 December 1972(1972-12-17) (aged 85) Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Chin
Occupation	Anthropologist
Spouse	Sarah Chinnery ​ ​ (m. 1919; died 1970)​

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.

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).