 In April 1881, 42 of the Yorta Yorta men living at the Maloga Mission wrote a petition to the Governor of New South Wales, Augustus Loftus, requesting land.Daniel Matthews took the petition to Sydney on their behalf and it was published in the "Sydney Morning Herald" on 2 July 1881 and the "Daily Telegraph" on 5 July 1881, the same day that it was presented to the governor.In July 1887, the Governor of New South Wales, Lord Carrington, visited Moama, where he was presented with a petition by Maloga residents requesting Queen Victoria grant the community land.