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In the News (Wed 23 Dec 09)

  
  Spendlove Family Tree
ALBERT EDWARD TYERS (AGNES MARY PINK, BENJAMIN, WILLIAM PINKE, JOHN) was born 26 Nov 1885 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia3, and died Jul 1947 in Rosanna, Victoria, Australia.
BENJAMIN TYERS (AGNES MARY PINK, BENJAMIN, WILLIAM PINKE, JOHN) was born 03 Mar 1888 in Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia, and died Apr 1961 in Preston, Victoria, Australia.
She was born 1896 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia, and died 13 Aug 1955 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
www.spendlove.com.au /pages/default.cfm?page_id=27516   (6867 words)

  
 The Tyers Valley Tramway
Tyers Junction, at the confluence of the Eastern and Western Tyers Rivers was the tramway headquarters and was provided with a turning triangle, storage tracks and a.
Both locomotives remained in the shed at Tyers Junction until the Climax was run in steam to Collins Siding an November 28tb, 1950, where it remained until the conclusion of a railway strike then in progress.
On the settlement of the strike, it was driven along the narrow gauge railway to a siding at the State Sawmill, Erica, arriving on the 14th of December, 1950.
www.members.optusnet.com.au /~narrow.gauge/tyersv.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Victoria, Australia
To the northeast Victoria extends into the Australian Alps, a region still largely unspoiled, to the north of which are the rich fruit-growing and wine-making areas in the Goulburn and Ovens valleys.
Victoria's main tourist attractions, in addition to the capital, Melbourne, and the towns associated with the gold rush and the shipping trade on the Murray River, are its numerous national parks.
To the north of the Western District is the Wimmera, Victoria's wheat belt.
www.planetware.com /australia/victoria-aus-vic-vic.htm   (1175 words)

  
 Lake Tyers - Victoria - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
In a valley to the east of Lakes Entrance are the township, lake and 5300-hectare forest park of Lake Tyers, all named after Charles Tyers, a public servant who was appointed as the first commissioner for crown lands in Victoria in 1843.
The outlet to the sea is usually closed by a sand bar which was once used as a crossing for stage coaches on the Lakes Entrance to Orbost run.
In 1970, as a result of the Aboriginal Lands Act, 1600 hectares on the eastern side of Lake Tyers (land which had previously been declared Crown Land), was, for the first time in Australian history, returned with unconditional freehold title to the Aborigines living on the property.
www.smh.com.au /news/Victoria/Lake-Tyers/2005/02/17/1108500206655.html   (674 words)

  
 Australia Parks - National - Tourist - Caravan - Camping - Information Centre
Peterson's Lookout is a crag of conglomerate rock which overlooks the Tyers Gorge and provides fine views of the Tyers River and the gorge, as well as the Latrobe Valley.
Tyers Park encompasses the Tyers Gorge location of the original weir supplying water to the growing towns of Tyers and Traralgon.
Tyers Park is about 180 km east of Melbourne, north of the Princes Highway between Traralgon and Erica.
parks.camping.com.au /vic/vic_east_tyerspark.htm   (512 words)

  
 Walkabout - Lake Tyers
In a valley to the east of Lakes Entrance are the township, lake and 5300-hectare forest park of Lake Tyers, all named after Charles Tyers, a public servant who was appointed as the first commissioner for crown lands in Victoria in 1843.
The outlet to the sea is usually closed by a sand bar which was once used as a crossing for stage coaches on the Lakes Entrance to Orbost run.
In 1970, as a result of the Aboriginal Lands Act, 1600 hectares on the eastern side of Lake Tyers (land which had previously been declared Crown Land), was, for the first time in Australian history, returned with unconditional freehold title to the Aborigines living on the property.
www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/VICLakeTyers.shtml   (603 words)

  
 Setford Family
She died in Richmond, Victoria, Australia on April 18, 1867 and was buried on April 20, 1867 in the Melbourne General Cemetery in Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
She died at the base Hospital in Mildura, Victoria, Australia on April 28, 1945 and was buried on April 28, 1945 at Mildura Cemetery in Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
Prissy died in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia on July 29, 1953 and was buried on July 31, 1953 in the Boroondara General Cemetery in Kew, Victoria, Australia with her parents.
thethomsons.aussieland.net /setford.htm   (7414 words)

  
 Rubeena Cruises Home page
Lake Tyers township (not to be confused with Lake Tyers Beach) lies just north of the main lake situated on 4000 acres of land, this being owned by a number of local Aboriginal families.
Lake Tyers is one of the few lake systems that have been relatively untouched by European settlement.
In 1958 she sailed in to Lake Tyers via the Bass Strait at a time when the narrow sand bar was breached during heavy rain.
www.rubeenacruises.com.au   (891 words)

  
 Lake Tyers Camp and Caravan Park - Lakes Entrance Victoria
Lake Tyers is in the Lakes Entrance area in Gippsland in Victoria.
Lake Tyers by the way has won Tidy Towns for nine of the last ten years and these public toilets are cleaned everyday at 5AM - you have to be dedicated to clean that early after New Year Celebrations.
Lake Tyers Camping and Caravan Park do have a website, but as a picture on the main page is 63K it takes a wee while to come in.
www.aroundoz.com /a_campsite_archive/lake_tyers.htm   (1937 words)

  
 FishVictoria.com - Fish Fax 160
Fisheries Victoria is calling on recreational fishers and the community to have their say on the preparation of the Lake Tyers Fisheries Reserve Management Plan.
The Management Plan is being prepared to manage fishing activities in Lake Tyers now that it has been declared a fisheries reserve to provide for enhanced recreational fishing opportunities.
Victoria sustains many wild populations of Murray cod, particularly in the lower reaches of northern flowing inland rivers.
www.fishvictoria.com /pnews/fish_fax/fishfax160.php   (987 words)

  
 Genealogy of Helen Baldwin (nee Darby) - pafg05.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Unnamed PEPPER was born on 16 Jun 1939 in Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Frank Albert PEPPER was born on 27 Jul 1943 in Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Dorothy Christina Anne PEPPER was born on 21 Dec 1945 in Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
member.melbpc.org.au /~kennethb/pafg05.htm   (651 words)

  
 Tyers, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tyers is a small town in Victoria, Australia.
It is located in Latrobe City, and has a population of 780.
It was known until 1952 as "Boola Boola", after which it was named after the surveyor and explorer Charles Tyers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tyers,_Victoria   (85 words)

  
 Genealogy of Helen Baldwin (nee Darby) - pafg04.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Norman was born on 22 Sep 1894 in Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Nora was born on 23 Jan 1911 in Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Valerie Beryl MULLETT was born on 15 Jan 1940 in Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
member.melbpc.org.au /~kennethb/pafg04.htm   (1100 words)

  
 James "Jimmy" DeWitt
Perth-Andover (Victoria), which means “ash tree stream”, dates back to 1833.
The great fisherman and fly tyer Lee Wulff once visited at the fly shop, and he later wrote about James’s fly tying in one of his books that was published in the 1960’s.
The Fly Tyers represented in this collection were selected to acknowledge the contribution they made to the art of fly tying in the Province of New Brunswick.
nbflytyers.com /jamesnortondewitt.htm   (2055 words)

  
 Western Tyers, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Western Tyers (37°56′48″S, 146°18′37″E) was a small town in the Gippsland region of eastern Victoria (Australia), founded as a timber community in the late 19th century and at its peak home to around 500 residents.
Western Tyers is about 180 kilometres east of Melbourne.
It is located on the Western Tyers River, approximately 20 kilometres west of Erica.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Tyers,_Victoria   (165 words)

  
 Aboriginal Trail Home Page
The wood of Blackwood, being very hard and close-grained, was used in Victoria for spear-throwers and shields; the bark was infused in water to bathe rheumatic joints, and the inner bark was used to make string.
The most important use of this mountain shrub was as straight sticks for fire-drills, which were twirled between the hands while resting on another flat piece of wood, often the dry flowering stalk of the grass-tree.
This small perennial plant was the favourite food of the Aborigines of central and western Victoria, and was also eaten in South Australia and New South Wales.
www.anbg.gov.au /anbg/aboriginal-trail.html   (2885 words)

  
 Victoria House - Wotif.com
At Victoria House you can relax in the friendly atmosphere of a fully restored Georgian home of historical importance.
Today, no less than 100 historic buildings are still in use – one of the most outstanding being Victoria House, the bluestone mansion which first opened its doors as a hotel in 1856.
Use Victoria House as a base to explore the Glenelg River area, Nelson, the Coonawarra Wine region and Mt Gambier.
www.wotif.com /hotel/View?hotel=11727   (716 words)

  
 Parks Victoria: Lake Tyers Forest Park page
Tall eucalypt forests surround the northern shores of Lake Tyers in Lake Tyers Forest Park.
Lake Tyers Forest Park offers opportunities for low impact bush camping in a natural environment with fishing in the lake and on the Ninety Mile Beach nearby.
Lake Tyers Forest Park is approximately 330 km from Melbourne and about 20 km north-east of Lakes Entrance.
www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=244   (415 words)

  
 Victoria National Parks, Botanical Gardens, Reserves & State Forests Australia
Foster, once a bustling gold mining town known as Stockyard Creek, is one of a few Victorian country towns that have substantial areas of public land within their boundaries....
Steiglitz is almost a ghost town today, but in the 1860's and 1890's it was a busy goldmining township with hotels, shops, churches and a population of over 1000.
Nyerimilang Heritage Park is on the shores of the Gippsland Lakes, 10 km by road north-west of Lakes Entrance.
www.totaltravel.com.au /travel/vic/directory/gardens   (1041 words)

  
 Lake Tyers. Koorie Heritage Trust
Originally the land of the Gunai/Kurnai people, it became home to Indigenous people from all over the state who were forcibly removed from their homelands.
The mission is surrounded by beautiful waterways and coastal bushland that has been a magnet for tourists since the 1870s.
The people of Lake Tyers have been strong and vocal in their struggle to retain their land.
www.abc.net.au /missionvoices/lake_tyers/default.htm   (226 words)

  
 HolidayMakers | Holiday Houses for rent | Metung - Lakes Entrance - Lake Tyers Beach
Lake Tyers is separate from the Gippsland Lakes, about 10 minutes drive east of Lakes Entrance.
Lake Tyers Beach is an ocean beach holiday experience.
Easy access to the surf, for fishing or surfing, the ocean also provides a majestic backdrop to the town and is visible at every turn.
www.holidaymakers.com.au /holiday_accommodation_24.html   (305 words)

  
 Lake Tyers Beach - accommodation, vacation, fishing, eating, hotels, motels, holidays, web, webdesign, internet
In a valley to the east of Lakes Entrance is the township of Lake Tyers Beach and Lake Tyers.
Nelsons Rd, Nowa Nowa, Lake Tyers, Victoria 3887 - tel: (03) 5155 7277
Visitors to Lake Tyers State Park may be lucky enough to see lyrebirds, fl-faced flycatchers, brown warblers, wonga pigeons, the rufous fantail, echidnas, goannas, wombats, wallabies and kangaroos - which are all known to live in the park.
www.eastgippsland.com /towns/laketyers/laketyers.php   (442 words)

  
 Tyers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is also the name of several places in Victoria, Australia, all named after Charles Tyers:
Tyers, Victoria is a small town near Mount Baw Baw
Mount Tyers is a low peak of Mount Baw Baw
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tyers   (99 words)

  
 Charles BURNIP 1838-1887 & Julia Sophia TYERS 1853-?, Cobden, Victoria & Hay NSW, Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
1838, Tasmania, Australia son of James BURNIP and Margaret DALTON was married in 1874 at Colac, Victoria to Julia Sophia TYERS, b.
Captain [RN] Charles James TYERS was a surveyor who fixed the NSW / Vic border at the Mouth of the Glenelg River near Nelson in 1839.
He was listed as a 33 year old Londoner when he fixed this mark in 1839.
www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au /sandford/burnip.htm   (135 words)

  
 Public Address | Club Politique
Anyhow, in Victoria, this took the form of the 'Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs', which was charged with getting Aboriginal people into housing and generally taking care of their welfare.
This non-Aboriginal boy in deep discussion with his Aboriginal friend at Lake Tyers, Victoria, has accepted naturally the concept so many adults find so hard: Aborigines are, first of all, people.
But, in the case of Victoria, after an unsuccessful claim by the Yorta Yorta people for Crown lands (in the form of the Barmah State Park), a compromise joint-custodial arrangement was negotiated with the State Government.
www.publicaddress.net /default,2109.sm   (3020 words)

  
 Airdrie Ocean View B&B, Lake Tyers Beach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Lake Tyers Beach (10km from Lakes Entrance): Modern luxury BandB accommodation with lake, beach and ocean views.
The Waterwheel Tavern, on the edge of Lake Tyers and a short stroll away, is delightful spot for an evening meal.
A scrumptious cooked breakfast – freshly squeezed orange juice, seasonal fruit, cereals, freshly baked bread, pancakes or muffins, hot selection of eggs, bacon, etc. – is served to your suite, on the verandahs or in the dining room.
www.babs.com.au /airdrie/index.htm   (144 words)

  
 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VICTORIA -
The purpose of this revue is to conduct a survey of roads on the seasonal closure list and from the information obtained have discussions with Parks Victoria as to whether all the closures are warranted.
It is thought some roads could be left open or the closure period amended at either end of the season.
Due to the number of roads to be surveyed it was not possible to complete the survey prior to the 2004 closures and now should be completed in time for consultation with Parks Victoria prior to the listing of roads for closure in 2005.
www.fwdvictoria.org.au /seasclos04.htm   (269 words)

  
 Lakes & Wilderness Caravan, Camping and Tourist Parks VIC Australia
A bushland holiday with all the comforts Lakes Bushland Caravan Park is ideally situated between the Tambo and Nicholson Rivers, on 33 acres of rolling bushland and lawns.
This spacious park is situated in the middle of...
The Lake Tyers Camp and Caravan Park offers superb quality holiday accommodation with views over Lake Tyers and 90 Mile Beach.
www.totaltravel.com.au /travel/vic/lakesandwilderness/directory/caravan   (623 words)

  
 Police investigate Victoria 'arsonists' | | The Australian
POLICE are investigating whether arsonists started a fire that flared up in eastern Victoria yesterday morning.
The blaze broke out about 11am (AEDT) near the intersection of the Rawson/Tyers Road and Bluff Road, at Coopers Creek, in Gippsland.
Holiday road toll: Two women killed in three-car collision
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20931338-29277,00.html   (199 words)

  
 Eureka stokckade is the cause of the massacres upon first nations peoples : Melbourne Indymedia
RT: Initially it was smallpox infestation, then it was massacres and hunting them down, and then it was reserves, then as they died out they moved other fls in, and they moved the surviving traditional fls to other reserves in other parts of the country.
They uprooted entire populations, moved them, took their children away, stopped them from speaking their language; genocide they committed in Victoria and a lot of other places.
Victoria got a new constitution in 1995 which will be the blueprint for the other one, the national constitution.
melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2006/12/133450_comment.php   (10467 words)

  
 Virtual Flybox :: Tyers :: Profile :: Ian Mitchell
Virtual Flybox :: Tyers :: Profile :: Ian Mitchell
The new VFB Chat Room is up and online waiting for you to join in on the fun.
Talk it up with fellow fly tyers from around the globe.
www.virtualflybox.com /tyers/tyer.php?id=66   (205 words)

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