TYERS, LAKE

coastal lake in Gippsland, on the eastern coast of Victoria, Australia, near the northeastern end of Ninety Mile Beach. The lake consists of two main channels; the eastern half curves northeasterly into the interior for about 10 miles (16 km), and the western channel extends northwesterly about 5 miles (8 km). Lake Tyers opens into the Tasman Sea to the south. The lake was named for Charles James Tyers, a surveyor who was appointed commissioner of crown lands in 1842. The nearby township of Lake Tyers, together with 4,000 acres (1,600 hectares), was an Aboriginal reserve until 1971, when Sir Rowan Delacombe, the governor of Victoria, assigned ownership of the property to a trust of 5,000 Aborigines. Tourists visit Lake Tyers for fishing and boating.