Tyabb

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Tyabb
| city =
| state = vic
| image = Tyabb shops west side 2025-01-08.jpg
| caption = Frankston-Flinders Road and shops in Tyabb
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|38.259|S|145.189|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
| lga = Shire of Mornington Peninsula
| postcode = 3913
| pop = 3,449
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL22594 | name = Tyabb (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 12 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| area = 66.5
| est =
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Hastings|Hastings]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Flinders|Flinders]]
| dist1 = 72
| location1 = [[Melbourne]]
| dist2 = 5
| location2 = [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]]
| near-nw = [[Moorooduc, Victoria|Moorooduc]]
| near-n = [[Somerville, Victoria|Somerville]]
| near-ne = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| near-w = [[Moorooduc, Victoria|Moorooduc]]
| near-e = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| near-sw = [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]]
| near-s = [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]]
| near-se = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 11
}}

'''Tyabb''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|aɪ|æ|b}} {{respell|TY|ab}}) is a town on the [[Mornington Peninsula]]<ref name="Tyabb">{{Citation | last = Victorian Places | title = Tyabb | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/tyabb | access-date = 12 July 2022 }}</ref> in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|53|km|abbr=on}} south-east of Melbourne's [[Melbourne central business district|central business district]], located within the [[Shire of Mornington Peninsula]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Tyabb recorded a population of 3,449 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>

Tyabb is within an urban enclave on [[Western Port]] comprising Tyabb, [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]], [[Bittern, Victoria|Bittern]], [[Crib Point, Victoria|Crib Point]], and [[Somerville, Victoria|Somerville]]. It is served by the [[Tyabb railway station]] on the [[Stony Point railway line]]. Statistically it is part of Greater Melbourne.

==History==

''Tyabb'' is derived from the [[Boonwurrung language|Boonwurrung]] word ''jouap'', one of the recorded names for [[French Island (Victoria)|French Island]].<ref>Clark, Ian D, 2014, Ch 13. Multiple Aboriginal placenames in western and central Victoria in ''Indigenous and Minority Placenames Australian and International Perspectives,'' ANU Press Library, Canberra, http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p286811/html/ch13.xhtml</ref>

The Post Office opened on 9 March 1891 shortly after the arrival of the railway in 1889.<ref name="a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Tyabb* | access-date = 14 March 2021 }}</ref>

The local area was well known as a fruit growing area in the early twentieth century and was identified by the "TYCOS" brand, which was the name used by the local growers co-operative.

==Today==

Tyabb is a small township with three primary schools and two high-schools, a [[Country Fire Authority]] station, bakery, antique store, motel, cafes and unmanned railway station. There are a number of businesses in the town including fruit processing, cabinet makers, arborists, motel, cafes, pharmacy, equine outfitters and engineering workshops.

Tyabb is well known for its many [[antique]] shops. The largest, the Tyabb Packing House Antique complex is housed in an historic cool store building dating from the area's fruit growing past. The Tyabb Packing House Antique complex reputedly<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tyabb Packing House |url=https://www.tyabbpackinghouse.com/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |language=en}}</ref> has one of the largest retail antique collections under one roof in the southern hemisphere. There are several other antique shops in the Tyabb township.

Tyabb also has Tyabb Airport, a private airfield which has been operating for more than fifty years and is owned by [https://pac.asn.au/ Peninsula Aero Club]. The airfield hosts an internationally recognised Air Show every second year. The airfield provides access to the area for all emergency services and is an important part of the town's economy being the largest employer in the district. It is also home to a collection of important and unique antique and warbird aircraft as well as successful flying school.

In the last decade there has been rapid residential development in the town, changing its rural character. Tyabb has its own [[cricket]] and [[Australian rules football|football]] teams known as the Yabbies competing in the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association and [[Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League]] respectively.

Tyabb is one of the few towns in Australia that does not have a pub. Although the town is over 100 years old it has never had a pub, however two liquor vendors are operating in the town.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}

Tyabb has given its name to the Tyabb Fault, an ancient geological formation extending from Tyabb across the Peninsula to Mornington, and Tyabb Loam, the characteristic soil of the district. The Tyabb Fault produces many small earthquakes throughout the year.

Tyabb was the scene of a brutal murder when an eleven-year-old boy, [[Rosie Batty#Murder of Luke|Luke Batty]], was stabbed to death by his father, following cricket practice on 12 February 2014.<ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/rosie-batty-mother-of-luke-batty-11-tells-of-heartbreak-after-his-death-at-hands-of-his-father-at-tyabb-cricket-oval/story-fni0cx4q-1226825711999 Rosie Batty, mother of Luke Batty, 11, tells of heartbreak after his death at hands of his father at Tyabb cricket oval], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 12 February 2014</ref> His father was shot dead by police at the scene.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-12/boy-dead-father-shot-by-police-at-tyabb-cricket-ground/5256074|title=Tyabb police shooting: Boy, 11, dies of head injuries, father shot by police at cricket oval|publisher=ABC News|date=2014-02-13|accessdate=2015-01-07}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Shire of Hastings]] – Tyabb was previously within this former local government area.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Shire of Mornington Peninsula suburbs}}
{{Coastal townships and localities of Western Port, Victoria |state=autocollapse}}
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[[Category:Suburbs of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula]]
[[Category:Western Port]]
[[Category:Coastal towns in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]

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