Wallaga Lake National Park

Wallaga Lake National Park is a former national park in New South Wales, 296 km southwest of Sydney. It now forms part of a greater Gulaga National Park.

Wallaga Lake National Park
New South Wales
IUCN category II (national park)
Wallaga Lake National Park
Coordinates36°22′18″S 150°01′46″E
Established26 May 1972 (1972-05-26)
Area12.37 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesNational Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
See alsoProtected areas of
New South Wales

In May 2006, ownership to this former National Park, plus the rest of the Gulaga National Park, was restored to the area's original owners, in whom legal tenure was vested (in trust) as part of an agreement signed by then New South Wales Environment Minister Bob Debus and representatives for the Yuin people.[1]

In early 2020, men from the Bermagui Wallaga Lake Djiringanj men's group were able to resume their traditional practice of fish with nets on Wallaga Lake for the first time in decades. After obtaining a special cultural fishing permit, that allows them to fish once a week using a specially built boat and handmade traditional net, young men from the community will target species like flathead, bream, and mullet, and hand over their catch to local elders. They see it as a way of helping people who live below the poverty line, and suffer from poor nutrition, particularly lack of iodine, and diseases such as heart disease and diabetes brought on partly by poor nutrition.[2] (The Djiringanj are a Yuin people.)

See also

References
  1. NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change webpage Gulaga National Park Accessed 9 June 2008
  2. Milton, Vanessa; Wheaton, Claire (22 March 2020). "Fishermen revive Indigenous net fishing tradition in landmark collaboration". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 March 2020.


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