Aaron Hubert

Aaron Hubert Snr, chair of the Yindjibarndi Trust (YCCL), Director of Yiyangu Pty Ltd and director of Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation.

Aaron Hubert is a Yindjibarndi man whose family hails from Nhuhnga Nhunga Millstream on the Yindjibarndi tablelands. Mr Hubert was born in Port Hedland and then taken away by a welfare officer at about the age of 7, along with his younger brother Henry, and raised at Gilliamia Hostel in Onslow.

Mr Hubert attended primary and secondary school in Onslow, and then returned to Port Hedland to complete year 11 and a trade. After leaving school he worked in Aboriginal Education for a decade with the Education Department WA, where he showed a passion for education and the importance of learning about Country and Culture. He also worked as a ranger at the Millstream-Chester National Park and elsewhere in marine and land roles. He has owned and operated his own trucking business for several years.

In recent years he has reconnected with the Yindjibarndi community and serves as chair of the YCCL trust and a board member of Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation, which is developing renewable energy on Yindjibarndi ngurra. He also works in a heritage and cultural management role with Yindjibarndi Nation which involves assisting community members to participate in on-country surveys while working with proponents to ensure that a professional working relationship is upheld on the ground. As chairperson of the YCCL trust he is dedicated to ensuring that it represents, assists and supports financially Yindjibarndi beneficiaries and across the Nation.