Person
Butler, William Henry (Harry) (1930 - 2015)
CBE
- Born
- 25 March 1930
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 11 December 2015
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Naturalist
- Alternative Names
- Butler, Harry (Also known as)
Summary
Harry Butler was author and presenter of the TV Series "In the Wild" which was produced during the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked at the Western Australian Museum. He was educated at Claremont Teachers' College in Western Australia and Western State College in the United States of America. He worked for sometime as a teacher; lecturer at the University of British Columbia (Canada) and Washington State College (United States of America) 1966; and carried out biological surveys Australia and overseas. Butler was an honorary associate of the Western Australian Museum and the American Museum of Natural History. In 1979 he was appointed Australian of the Year and Citizen of the Year for Western Australia in 1980.
Details
Chronology
- 1979
- Award - Australian of the Year
- 1980
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Environment and community
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- William Henry (Harry) Butler - Records, 1930 - 1977, DeB 1045; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
Western Australian Museum
- William Henry (Harry) Butler - Records, 1963 - 1967; Western Australian Museum. Details
Published resources
Resources
- '1979 Australian of the Year', Australian of the Year Awards, National Australia Day Council, https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/harry-butler-cbe-memoriam. Details
- 'Butler, William Henry (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476087. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 February 2024
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