William Henry (Harry) Butler, CBE (born 25 March 1930) is an Australian naturalist and environmental consultant. Butler was born in Perth, Western Australia. He attended Claremont Teachers' College in Western Australia and later the Western State College in the United States.

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  • William Henry (Harry) Butler, CBE (born 25 March 1930) is an Australian naturalist and environmental consultant. Butler was born in Perth, Western Australia. He attended Claremont Teachers' College in Western Australia and later the Western State College in the United States. He is a populariser of science and natural history for both child and adult audiences, and as conservation consultant to the Barrow Island oilfield and many other projects, has played a major role in environmental conservation and restoration in Australia. He presented the popular Australian Broadcasting Corporation television series In the Wild. He also authored the books In The Wild, In the Wild (Part II) and Looking at the Wild. Harry Butler is supporter of development projects such as mining, working with corporations and state governments as an environmental consultant. In 1993 he was awarded a cash prize for his 30 years of work with the petroleum industry. He has lectured, and been honoured, at museums in Western Australia, Canada, and the United States. In 1979, he was named the Australian of the Year, jointly with Neville Bonner. He also is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The species of Mulga snake, Pseudechis butleri, and a spider Synothele butleri are named for Butler.
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  • William Henry (Harry) Butler, CBE (born 25 March 1930) is an Australian naturalist and environmental consultant. Butler was born in Perth, Western Australia. He attended Claremont Teachers' College in Western Australia and later the Western State College in the United States.
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