Neville B. Bonney (born in 1939) is a

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

n pioneering native plant expert,

ethnobotanist Ethnobotany is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of natural and social sciences that studies the relationships between humans and plants. It focuses on traditional knowledge of how plants are used, managed, and perceived in human societi ...

and published author of 25 texts on Australian native plants. In 2021 he published
‘From One Small Seed a Forest Is Born’
' a comprehensive guide to Australian native plants and their seeds, covering more than 700 species from 63 families and 240 genera. His most recent boo
Ancient Flora of the Northern Flinders Ranges
was published in 2023 and focused on South Australia's desert flora. Bonney is an advocate for the commercialisation of "useful" indigenous flora, including

wattleseed Wattleseeds are the edible seeds from any of 120 species of Australian ''Acacia'' that were traditionally used as food by Aboriginal Australians, and eaten either green (and cooked) or dried (and milled to a flour) to make a type of bush bread. ...

and has promoted the production and development of markets for " bush foods" in Australia and beyond. In 2023 Bonney was a recipient of the South Australian Environment Awards Lifetime Achieve

and in February 2024 he was featured i
Indaily
in a
article
covering his life and work. As an in-demand speaker and educator, Neville continues to engage community across the country on seed collection, local plant identification and traditional uses for native plants.

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