Tyers Lookout
Tyers Lookout is located 2.5km north of Tyers on the Tyers-Walhalla Road.
As well as nice views there is interpretive signage that locates you on a 360 degrees topographical map, an unshaded table and seat plus an information sign about C.J Tyers.
C.J Tyers
The area known as Tyers was named after Charles James Tyers. He was the first Crown Lands Commissioner for Gippsland having been appointed by Governor La Trobe subsequent to Gippsland being proclaimed as a district on 13 September 1842.
C.J. Tyers was born in London in 1806 and became a Government surveyor. In 1828 he joined the Royal Navy and became a sailing master and navigator. Tyers travelled to Australia aboard HMS 'Alligator' in 1837. Subsequent to carrying out survey work in northern Australia, he joined the Colonial Service in 1839. He was responsible for determining the exact position of the 141st Meridian and thus fixing the boundary between New South Wales and South Australia. Other achievements included mapping the holdings of land and conducting a census of the occupants. Although appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands of Gippsland in 1842, he did not arrive at Port Albert until 13 January 1844 having made the journey by sea. He had earlier made three unsuccessful attempts to travel overland.
Tyers married Georgina Scott, a daughter of a local grazier in 1849. They had five children. He retired in 1867 and died at 6:00 pm on 20 September 1870 as a result of an accident. He was laid to rest in Melbourne General Cemetery. However it was not until 13 January 2004 that his descendants led by great-grandson Donald Gunn of Sydney erected a plaque, at the gravesite on the 160th anniversary of Tyers' arrival in Port Albert as Gippsland's first Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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Location
Tyers-Walhalla Road, Tyers 3844 View Map
