Simon Butler Australian, Ngaanyatjarra, b. 1957

Simon is an elder in the Tjukurla Community and has an extensive knowledge of the law andtraditional culture of the region having grown up in the bush living a nomadic life. He was born in the bush at an important place northwest of Tjukurla, Kulkurta. He is the bossfor the country there. Simon's brother Antjatjari Tjakamarra, an original Papunya artist, wasi nstrumental in the homelands movement and establishing the bores on the way to Kurlkurta, which allows family to continue to access that country today