Captain Charles Robert Pinney M.C. (1883-1945) was Administrator and Chief Magistrate of Norfolk Island from July 1, 1932 to December 3, 1937. He died in Sydney on November 18, 1945.

The papers comprise: 1. An address dated July 18, 1932, from the Norfolk Island Executive Council to Captain Pinney welcoming him to their Island on behalf of island residents. 2. A petition dated July 31, 1934, addressed by residents of Norfolk Island to the Governor-General of Australia praying that an Inquiry be instituted into 'the present intolerable conditions prevailing on this island'. 3. Private correspondence between Captain Pinney and Mr J.R. Halligan, Officer in Charge of the Territories Branch of the Prime Minister's Department. The letters cover the period July 6, 1934, to October 21, 1936. 4. Private correspondence between Captain Pinney and Senator Sir George Pearce, Minister in Charge of Territories. The letters cover the period, April 3, 1935, to December 9, 1936. 5. Correspondence between Captain Pinney and Mr Kenneth Binns, Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian, on the Norfolk Island lingo. The letters are dated December 23, 1937, January 3, 1938 and January 7, 1938. 6. A letter dated May 27, 1938 from Mrs Mildred Campbell to Captain Pinney on the opening of a branch of the Carnegie Library on Norfolk Island. 7. A lecture given in 1944 by Captain Eric Stopp on The Descendants of the Mutineers of the Bounty. Captain Stopp was Official Secretary on Norfolk Island from 1927 to 1941.