Harry Butler

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For the Australian avaitor, see Henry John Butler.

Harry Butler, CBE (born March 25, 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 gifted and entertaining 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, beginning in 1976, and has written a number of books.

In 1979, he was awarded the Australian of the Year. He also is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.