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nura gunyu

Hello - in the words of the Budawang people from the Yuin Nation speaking Dhurga "Wada".

Nuragunyu is from two words "Nura" meaning Country and "Gunyu" meaning Swan.

Noel Butler, Budawang Elder from the Yuin Nation is a qualified teacher, educator, mentor, horticulturist, chef and historian; and together with his wife have been teaching, delivering programs and working with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults and children for over 35 years.

Our knowledge and skills are taken from our own real life experiences and we provide our own resource materials including traditional Aboriginal artefacts.

We cater to education centres and groups, Government departments and schools; and private groups.

Aboriginal culture

Indigenous Australians have been understanding and living on this land we call Australia for more than 40,000 years. We are the oldest and longest continuing Culture known to human beings. Where other civilisations have been and gone we are still here and we offer the knowledge and skills from those ancient times to today's society.

To have survived from the times of our mega fauna and great land mass changes we must have learned and gained the living skills within our natural environment to still be here today.We are the Ancient people of this land - we listen to the land and the ancient spirits - and this land is etched deep within our hearts. This we wish to share with you.

The natural outcome of learning and understanding between people is friendship and reconciliation.

News & Events

CONGRATULATIONS NOEL BUTLER

Noel Butler, a holder of knowledge and keeper of stories won the Outstanding Contribution to Reconciliation Award for NAIDOC week to acknowledge the years of working and sharing his Cultural knowledge and skills to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. From education locally and across North West Queensland, Kimberley WA to the construction of 'One Track for All'.

A BIG THANK YOU to the people of Shoalhaven for nominating Noel. This prestigious award covers the local Government areas of Illawarra, Shellharbour, Kiama and Shoalhaven.

So deserved for his continuing sharing of Culture for over 35 years! Noel has a gift of departing his Cultural knowledge to all backgrounds and of any age. Noel sets an example for others that the two-way system, Noel and myself, Trish of teaching and learning still works. People from different backgrounds and Culture together achieve excellent results in paving the way for continued extension of Cultural benefits for all people in social harmony and environmental sustainability.

BUSH FOOD & CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE WALK

Saturdays 28 September | 19 October
Understanding this land from a local Aboriginal perspective. Sharing and passing on ancient knowledge for all Australians’ future survival. Join Noel and Trish Butler for this easy 4km unique walking experience on Country, NSW South Coast which includes a bush morning tea! Email us at nuragunyu@gmail.com to book your place! $90 per person. For more information and updates ....facebook | instagram @nuragunyu

ON COUNTRY LIVING

Saturday 14 September
Engage in indigenous cultural life through the richness and difference of river, coastal and mountainous landscape. Commune with nature and breathe generations of wisdom and understanding.

Spend a cultural day with Yuin Elder and Master of Bush Foods, Noel Butler and his wife Trish, as participants are immersed in our rich culture on their 100 acre property in a natural bush setting which allows hands-on cultural participation.

Learn from Noel Butler about natural living, food, shelter, fire, seasons, surviving and Australia's untapped natural wealth in local native plants.

Sharing the traditional knowledge of this land has allowed aboriginal people to be one of the longest living continuing cultures known.

You too can be part of this history. $180 per person, includes a traditional seafood lunch cooked the old way!

Bookings essential: nuragunyu@gmail.com For more information and updates ....facebook | instagram @nuragunyu

Our programs

Noel Butler is an Aboriginal Elder, brought up with both Western and Aboriginal Cultures, and gives first hand accounts of the differences between Aboriginal and non Aboriginal history, lifestyle and society.

Programs and activities are flexible, can range in duration, content and context and are tailored to suit the needs and interests of its participants.

We cater for Government departments, schools, education centres and groups, together with private groups.

For more information about our programs, please navigate through our website.

Our facilitators

Noel and Trish Butler believe that there is a real need for authentic Aboriginal education to be accessible in context. Something more than a book or a website, we offer the opportunity to experience and understand, to learn in the heart and the head.

"The things we teach find their origins in history and real life, from an aboriginal perspective. We seek to offer this with sensitivity and respect to all who want to share the experience of this great land we call home. We will talk about bush skills, bush food, history, lifestyle, music, song and dance."

You are invited to come and share the experience.

Contact

Noel & Trish Butler

trading as

nura gunyu

ABN 48 685 307 949

Mail

C/- Milton Post Office

66 Princes Highway

Milton NSW 2538

Email: nuragunyu@gmail.com

Mobile: 0405 646 911

Reconciliation

We welcome all who call Australia home and all visitors to our land.

"Our aim is to provide extensive Cultural knowledge to all peoples to allow for better understanding and acceptance of Aboriginal people equally with all Australians.”

Nuragunyu

Aboriginal Cultural Teachings and Enrichment Programs