Tyers is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is 158 kilometres east of Melbourne, 10 kilometres north-west of Traralgon and located in the …Tyers is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is 158 kilometres east of Melbourne, 10 kilometres 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 2016 census, Tyers had a population of 824.