Tyers, Victoria
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| Population: | 864 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3844 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Latrobe | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Morwell | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Gippsland | ||||||||||||
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Tyers is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is 158 kilometres (98 mi) east of Melbourne, 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Traralgon and located in the City of Latrobe. It was known until 1852 as "Boola Boola", after which it was named after the surveyor and explorer Charles Tyers. At the 2006 census, Tyers had a population of 864.
Tyers Post Office opened on 11 September 1882.[2]
The town in conjunction with neighbouring Traralgon has an Australian Rules football team Traralgon-Tyers United competing in the North Gippsland Football League.
Thetown has a yearly event, the Tyers Arts Festival.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Tyers (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC26849&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
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Coordinates: 38°09′S 146°28′E / 38.15°S 146.467°E
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