Education (in the form of preparation for the workforce), rations and housing were usually provided on these reserves, and station managers tightly controlled who could, and could not, live there.

[6] A 1925 account of people on the reserve tells of much fishing activity by both men and women, wood carvings which are sold to passers-by, the skilled use of the gum leaf as a musical instrument, being employed to work in the maize fields, the bora ceremony and other lore.

[2] In June 1978 Guboo Ted Thomas, a leader in the campaign for Indigenous land rights in Australia, wrote to then NSW Premier Neville Wran: "We, the Aboriginal people of Wallaga Lake and members of the Yuin tribe, do hereby place before you and the Government of New South Wales our claim for our Land Rights".

[5] The agreement was signed by then New South Wales Environment Minister Bob Debus and representatives for the Yuin people.

Young men from the community target species like flathead, bream, and mullet, and hand over their catch to local elders.