Tyers, Victoria

Tyers, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Tyers
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Latrobe
postcode = 3844
est =
pop = 864 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26849 | name = Tyers (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Morwell
fedgov = Gippsland
dist1 = 158
dir1 = E
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 10
dir2 = N
location2= Traralgon
near-nw = Moondarra
near-n = Erica
near-ne = Glengarry
near-w = Yallourn North
near-e = Glengarry
near-sw = Yallourn North
near-s = Traralgon
near-se = Traralgon

Tyers is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is convert|158|km|mi|0|lk=on east of Melbourne, convert|10|km|mi|0|lk=on 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. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

The town in conjunction with neighbouring Traralgon has an Australian Rules football team Traralgon-Tyers United competing in the North Gippsland Football League.

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