Noel Butler (AUS)
Director of Jamanee Gunya

Noel Butler is a Budawang man from the South Coast of New South Wales 
and is the Director of Jamanee Gunya, a non-profit organisation that 
runs courses in Aboriginal culture and healing on his land near 
Ulladulla. Noel has a special interest in Aboriginal bush medicine 
and is a horticulturalist by profession . He has worked extensively 
with indigenous communities throughout the Northern Territory and the 
Kimberleys, and currently runs courses for both indigenous and non-
indigenous people in Aboriginal culture. His course in bush medicine 
has now been taken up the the medical faculty at Sydney University . 
Noel is a consultant to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 
and is president of the Budawang Aboriginal Landcare Group . He teaches at various universities and Tafes and is on different committees for environmental projects. He is also an accomplished artist, exhibiting his works in many different public galleries.

Noel's formal qualifications are:

• CERTIFICATE FOUR IN TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT
• HORTICULTURE TEACHER
• MICRO PROPAGATION
• HYDRAULICS TECHNICIAN
• MASTER BAKER / PASTRY COOK
• INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATE
• PHOTOGRAPHER